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BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE, MEDFORD. OREGON". THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1932,
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TAILSPIN TOMMY Easier To Get In Than Out! -
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tYXOPSlB: Elopement with
Dickey Dale tope opa flow' ca
rrer o pop u Jar if 1 in Wettchetter.
' tnorrfafftt it quickly annulled
lit her father, tinea Hope and
JHokeu are minora. Lie told Hope
bu her family made her believe
Dickey ha not tried to tee her,
tince the uai kept prisoner by her
Jatheft
Chapter 21
ANOTHER HARMOUTH PROM
tlOPB found, with ft touch of
1 bitter disdain, that her wealth
and her family position placed her
far above open criticism or unkind
treatment for her "wildnees."
As a matter of fact, her reputa
tion In town seemed only height-
Goody's Shopping
ned by her sensational romance.
Nobody knew ths entire story, and
sobody dared to ask details. Elabo
rately they made their own ex
planations. And with magnificent
gestures, they bent themselves to
how Hope and ber folks how much
they understood, admired and sym
pathized. All of which thoroughly Irritated
nd bored Hope.
In spite of ber continual activ
ities, Ilopo was Increasingly lonely,
unable to readjust herself, unable,
no matter how hard she tried, to
forget Dlckoy. Even hating him,
he remembered. If only she could
forgetl And somehow, the more
she remembered, the less sbe hated
him. The more she brooded over
him, wondorlng how she had ever
so totally misjudged him. Most of
oil, was she unable to And anyone
to take his place.
Only Rusty Crandall remulned
of the stoady old line. In nil ber
broad little world, only Rusty Cran
dall and Judy Hunt seemed truly
to care. Without Judy, and without
Rusty, who was wise enough (or per-
nape disillusioned enough!) no
longer to speak to her of love, Hope
could never have seen the long
Dlckeylesa year through.
8uch a year as It wast Angel,
cornered by family artalrs, was
forced to leave school nnd, hardest
of all, quit Hope's crowd as a reg
ular member. Head high, and
proud, Angel commuted to a New
York secretarial school only to
become transported with Joy when
Rusty got ber a position In his
Arm as stenographer (no, not sec
retary) to two or three of the lesser
lights In his father'a main office.
It gave nusty'a family the chance
fur polite, kind superiority to the
"nice llltli thing that Rusty Just
got a Job for at elghtoon' dollars
a woek."
Out a greater tlioc!t wnu when
Judy was nrmly forced into an
nouncing her engagement to frisky
Hall the greatest catch of all
Wostchestor. It brought Hops and
Judy closer togothor, for with
Hope, Judy could sit and gulp high
balls that stopped the tears, while
ht vowed viciously that s.lo'd
never marry Frisky, that shs'il
keep postponing the engagement
forever, that she was still seeing,
almost as much as ever, Tom Post,
her saxophone player, who under
stood and would wait .'or ber nay,
kidnap ber if necessary, ... It only
Tom would become successful as a
lyrlo writer. ...
And thon there was Goody. And
Ooody's engagement party. Goody's
showers. Goody's shopping and
Goody's troussoou! Thanksgiving
that meant nothing at all, and
Christmas that meant loss because
It brought back memories of the
mooting In Lake l'lncld. . . .
Perhaps the terrlbla sweep at
those momorlos was responsible
for a strain: action on Hope's part
that New Years Eve. Hetty Pres
ton, whom Hope tad never liked
CIIICAOO, Msrch 31 (API Tlwr
will be a 3 800 000 rasli paydsjr tor
Chtcnao's trhoal tescheri and city
employes totlsy.
Mayor Auton CermsH announced
banks have purchated enouah tx
atitlctpAtlon warrant to make the
money available.
The 14,000 trchen will be paid
for the laat hall of November. They
have received only 10 weeks' caan
pay since may
City employes, whoao pay la only
an weeks In arrears, will receive
about 1 500 000 ot the total.
And after payday la over, the city
will atlll owe Hie public- employee
sa3.Ooo.CKKJ in, overdue salaries.
too welt, appeared at the Country
Club celebration with a new, mag
nificent male in tow a twenty-one-vear-old
sophomore at Harmouth.
A boy who earned the name of
"Twosome" Hubbard because of his
astonishing propensities for heart
breaking.
Long and often did Hope dance
with this Twosome, asking subtle
and flip questions about Harmouth,
asking him it he bad ever met her
"annulled husband," Dickey Dale.
"No," aald Twosome, with a
broad grin, "but I've heard enough
about him to flit a library."
"Well," Hope leaned back In his
arms and almost lost step with the
(ox trot, "Go In sometime and In
troduce yourself to him. And tell
him 1 hope he graduates with hon
ors!" She hated herself the moment
she bad spoken the words. Hated
herself worse, when Betty ques
tioned her about It later, and she
listened to herself prattle on and
on with Betty. . , ,
Hated herself a million times
more, when Betty came over to her
bouse one afternoon three weeks
after New Year's, carrying a letter
from Twosome Hubbard, in which
he reported that he had carried out
Hope's suggestion with Dickey
Dale, and bad nearly been thrown
downstairs for his trouble. Dickey
bad said, and said ferociously, that
he nover wanted to hear Hope's
name again!
Hope asked Betty for the tetter.
and kept It. Wondering why.
Wondering how she could want to
Inflict such pain on herself as re
reading It, over and over, until the
pages were worn and crumpled.
Wondering why the tears came,
when sbe had believed the last of
her tears were shed. Wondering
why she wanted to see Dickey
again if only to hurt him as badly
as he had hurt her.
That was ltl She wanted to hurt
him! To humiliate him and make
him cringe and suffer. To show
him how terribly, terribly little
it meant. . . .
An Idea, In those days, was an
accomplished feat with Hope.
Quite subtly she favored Betty
Preston, cultivating her closest
friendship. Until Anally she con
fided, with beautiful finesse, and a
secrecy that flattered Betty Into
ecstasies, that sbe wanted to go to
the Prom at Harmouth.
Delighted with having a hand In
an adventure, Betty wrote to Two
some. And Twosome, after con
siderable bribing and counter-bribing,
dug up a "blind date" for Hope
for the Prom. A boy, wrote Two
some, named Tuck Hall, who was
a sophomore like himself.
After accepting the Invitation
from her blind dato, Hope sought
Judy's confidence. Tltert are
friends In whom you can confide
and feel safe with your secrets.
There are other friends who do
not even demand confidence. Judy
refused to listen to why Hope
-Goody's Showere
wished her to lie. Judy waved aside
explanations.
"You're old enough to know what
you're doing, Hope. I'll help you
to be a lady or a chump, Hither
way, it doesn't matter, Poison or
poison. And It you're being a
chump, I'd Just as well not know.
W.nt l don't know I can't talk
about."
Orntetully Hope explained ahe
was Koliig somewliore for a week
end. And her family mustn't dream
of her whereabouts or question her
absence.
fCopirfonf, Crace Perfcfnt)
A fine ptat-'but thtre It s fatal
flaw. Hop It ruaclv turrritod te
rn orrtw.
WASHINGTON, March 34. (API
A auitKeatlon by Senator Tydtnga ot
Maryland that a tpeakeaay be in
eluded In a prohibition fair to be
held here April 17 haa been rejected.
The Maryland Democrat, an antl
prohibluonlat, propnaed this In a
letter to William Rufus Soolt, di
rector of the talr.
In a atatement today the ortunira
tlon aald a tpeakeaay had not been
planned beyatlae they "are as old as
the tlquor traffic Heelf" and had not
been produced by prohibition.
A modern soda fountain will be
Included however, "to typify the
several shift to soft, drluks linger
prohibition.1
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