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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932. By OLK.NN t'HAI-KIN aud UAL FOBBtSt TAILSPIN TOMMY Circumstantial Evidence! CRAZ lv GRACE PERKINS tmopaiS! Out at Brief and diaiUueion, Hope Roaa rcachea ma turity though not happlneee. Hhe ' has not been her happvoo-lucku eel atnce her runawrjy marrlaoe to Dtrkev Dale ended by her lather't command, eince Hope and I Dickey were minor. Mr. lioee w told 1J ope thai Dickey lelt her. Chapter 25 A NEW HOPe HOPE'S letters to Papa Ross must have Indicated this to a high degree, (or all of her special delivery favors were granted to ward the (all. Together, In a bond of strange friendship, Hope and Mrs. Manly, the girl of nineteen and the woman of sixty-eight, traveled on tHrough the west To New Moxlco, to Colo rado, to California, to Vancouver, and even to Hawaii. ' A new Hope, with the same old Baasy, still Immaculately white of tar and grimly whiskered, returned to Westchester the following Christmas. ' Yes, a new Hope. Tall and slim and strangely self-assured, hard ened In bone and muscle and soft ened In heart and tongue. A Hope who seemed suddenly to realise that Papa and Mama were lonely and getting on In years. Oh, a very different Hope. Who ooos more gloried In flirting and In triumphing this time with an older crowd by (ar. An older crowd who were naive. In the light of the younger set In many ways, but who taught Hope new and more dangerous thrills. The thrill of gambling that struck straight home, both In amusements of roulette and contract In the evenings, and In the took market during the day. For one entire year Hope crashed this crowd, hewing a peculiarly en viable and distinct position (or her self. And Papa Ross, thankful to see her buppy and agreeable, sane and carefree once more, paid the piper again and gladly. Great was the cost, (or Hope counted no for fait too great (or the tribute of this new world. "You are going to leave me half of your fortune anyway," she would remind Papa Ross crisply. "Why not let me enjoy the money while you live, so you may see how I use r!I Let me be the one member of this family who can live life rio tously (or the sake of what life can after." And Papa Ross, gazing at her through his cigar smoke, would feel guilty tug at his heart, knowing how truly he had robbed her of her happiness once. Watch her, he did, day and night, stunned that a girl so young his baby should know so much of life, and know It so caustically. And she certainly knew It. Mot a haunt In all Now York but Hopo visited, from the ordinary night clubs and the regular speakoaslea to the privately conducted salons that the surfeited rich and aged eould enter; from the Joints of Harlem to the darkened rooms of Chinatown, from the Colony Club and the Rlts all the way out to the airports of Long Island, where at last she won her final thrill of earning a pilot's license. Such was that year tor Hope Fairfield Ross, whose beauty blos somed and ripened with a breath less and appalling audacity. Far sung and unchallenged were nor triumphs but no longer were they Innocent victims Innocently met. Resounding were the names that went down under her taunting and full-throated little laugh; older men all, wholly or partly married, It hardly mattered so long aa they measured up to her new standard ot manhood and sportsmanship. While all the time Rusty looked on with pained and punished eyes, realising the (utility of protest, and trying desperately to Interest him self In other and lesser lights. It waa a strange roundelay Rusty suffering over Hope and constantly wondering and hoping, and Angel (who had been promoted from be ing Rusty's secretary to that ot the vice-president and she never would have taken the change so ealmly If It didn't mean twenty a week more (or her mother who was ailing), oh yes, Angel waa suffering over Hope, and constantly wondor- log learning to hate the girl who eould hart Rusty v deeply. , , . Tt Hop ithtaa: ae savage races and rrM it4 to fcHMTstttlona, to esrtala Inwltraole habits and MtkiMw Me longsr were there weeping spells for Sasay to watch sleepily. Hope bed passed the stage ot weeping. But one old se cret routine persisted with her dally, nightly, and weekly. In a light blue vellum hand-tooled vol ume. locked with a tiny gold filled key, Hope kept a seraphook. A '.range little seraphook. with strange little notations beneath the Items pasted therein. Every open ing ot every play that J. Hlckson Dale had produced In the past four yearn I Every notice of blr travels, of his motion-picture activities, the announcement of a time when he 1 was In a hospital with appendicitis (and be could never guess who sent a certain truckload of flowers), and another ot an Island be had bought off the coast of Maine as a summer place. Other and even dearer things were pasted in that scrapbook too. A full-page picture of Dickey Dale In the Year Book of Harmouth (whee-: died out of Betty Preston adroitly), the picture that was published In a newspaper when he graduated with bonors, bits ot gossip published by New York columnists, and proving that Dickey was a gadabout In the theatrical world, an Item announc ing a sketch written by Dickey and Incorporated Into a small but suc cessful revue, and finally the cur rent pub'lclty of strange and excit ing reports that Dickey Dale was adapting an old play of his father's Into a musical comedy libretto) Scheduled to appear on Broadway In the (all! Certain people knew, that year, of Hope's great devotion to Charlie Rand, Jr., born on Hope's own twen tieth birthday. In September, nine teen twenty-seven. And certain (oik knew of Hope's unceasing concern over Judy, who had been fighting desperately since her debut to keep on In a world she could no longer afford. Judy, who should grab the opportunity at her doorstep to marry Into the wealth of the Frisky Hall family, and who was fated to love a man even poorer than herself. Tom Post, the faithful saxophone player, never saw Frlsky's aeventeen-carat ring. Judy always hid It and wore Tom's quarter carat in his -presence. She hated the ring as much as Tom did, and she hated Frisky mors with each day that dawned. It was growing harder, month by month, to see Tom; and Tom In desperation sneaked off to Chicago. Tom did wrong. He didn't explain to Judy that he had a big chance In Chicago, nor that he couldn't stand not seeing her. ... He Just left and then wired her he'd he back when she'broke with Frlskyl Poor Judy! Hope had a new henrt- break on her hands, for wasn't Judy's sorrow as great as her ownl fine knew how Judy felt only too well but she had the sense, ths money, the determination, and love enough to trace Tom and find the real reasons tor his departure, and make him write them to juay. But In the meantime Judy was dlssy with grief. For how could she break with Frisky when both her parents were so desperntoly adamant, and so desperately In need? One can fun away under normal circumstances, but one can't run away from a sick mother. Nor could one unburden oneself of the orersweet Insistence of one's fiance's family, who wore Just as adamant as the Hunts lnnstmieh as they needed 'family" to salt their money." It was the combination ot Hope's Interest in Judy and in Goody s baby that gave Hope the brilliant Idea that sent Mama Ross pale, brought a gleam ot pride Into Papa Ross's eyes, and a buss of Joking gossip In the town. For in November, Hope and Judy went Into business together. In an enviable snot on the main street of their home town, a unique ly decorated shop was brought Into existence, and called the "Punch and July." Incongruous Hope! Opening a shop for children's dross- and baby things! Running Pnpa'a lawyor ragged with papers and leases and conrea slens to be signed, and disturhtni the local bank wtlh a new and pe culiar account Here was a way In deed for Judy to make money and feel guarantoed of an Income. Done In the social manner, with an open ing by Invitation (whero tea was served), the shop caused consider able Interest from the start. Judy was a demon for work, and Hope had a head on her shoulders even If It tros blond! Most of ths decorations and halt ot the chit dren's rompers and dresses she hat) designed herself. Hope was wide-eyed with delight Here waa a new thrill, a terrtfli gamble, a vital Interest. Here wai companionship with July that meant something. Here was a ncn and satisfying way to shock the sur rounding universe In to a fresh 111 Hp of gossip. Here was trorfc the dltsy flavor ot success. (CepvWost. Ora- frrMns) Engnasmtntt trs announce tht next Intullmint. Hops'i, Uitt TpSpl5rli jV-'.j?- NTwV-y iTIlllH V a:? 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