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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORI). OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1932.
HtiVY GRAZES
LI lv GRACE pfb Krrg
KTNOPBJB: One a young eootat
leader now a buetneee woman
roung Hop Rom trie to loroet
ho uphappv ending of her mar
riarre to Dickeu Pile. Her father
tnld her, when he had the mar
rteae annulled, that Dickeu did not
attempt to tee her. Khe doee not
tennu her lather kept him from
doing jo
Chapter 27
WEARING A RING
ALL that winter Hope tolled with
a ceaseless energy. For only
Iz week did the run away during
the summer for a rest on the old
ranch with Mrs. Manly; and then
back again she tramped to relieve
Judy and carry on the shop single
handed. The double work was
more exciting and sweet than her
own vacation.
For Judy went to Chicago on hei
time off, only to And, to her uttor,
thunderstruck amazement, that
Tom was making good not as a
saxophone player but as a singer.
A slngert A crooner they called
him, as they handed him three hun
dred t week with an option at a
bulkier sum! Tom, who bad never
lifted his voice In Judy's presence,
never even dreamed himself that
he could sing, was billed In lights
that big as a croonerl Judy wept as
she sat at a table to watch and
listen to her Tom. Judy spattered
tears on the telegram forms as she
sent dally, almost hourly, messages
of Joy to Hope. Judy choked with
tears over the long-distance phone.
And when Judy came home
(telling nobody but Hope of her
successful crooner, who looked so
precious standing under the spot
light In the grandest tuxedo), she
pitched Into work with a new In
spiring vigor. And why not, when
for the Srst time In four years, she
saw a hope of material success for
herself and her erstwhile saxophone
player!
Not one of the townfolk's prophe
cies came true. Hope did not tire
and give it up as a whim. So little
did she lOBe Interest, that In the
fall she announced the decision to
open a shop on Madison Avenue,
New York. Delighted that she had
found some serious interest. Papa
Ross gladly offered to supply the
money; and perhaps Hope never
felt a keener thrill than when she
refused It, and announced that she
and Judy could run the business
without extra belp.
The shops were fun I They were
successful, and success brings
vital and heady thrill. Hope tea
Interested, she did enjoy the work.
and she did relish the knowledge of
her ability. She and Judy were mak
ing money. Judy was on the verge
of throwing Frisky into the arms
of the cborus girl he really wanted.
And best of all, Hope would soon
be twenty-one, and come Into her
grandmother's Inheritance of live
hundred a week until she was thirty-five,
and then one half-million
dollars outright. Lite was gradually
meaning something Independence!
. The fact that her New York shop
and Dickey Dale's musical comedy
opened on the same date that
autumn, seemed like a good omen
to her. Terribly she wanted to
lend a telegram of congratulation
to Dlckoyl Terribly she wondered
It he bad heard of her buslnoss
or knew of her doings.
Quite calm and radiant; she at
tended Dickey's opening that night
with Rusty Crandall by her side.
Attended it and dusted out the last
obscure corners of the theater with
her keenest glances tor some sight
of Dickey or Hlckey! Want home
and erled herself to sleep because
be hadn't seen eight ot them, be
cause the show was so beautiful,
and because It meant Dickey would
have a brilliant start with his ca
reer. (Oh, please do write a play,
Dickey, because they make so much
money. . . .")
But shortly after Christmas came
the crash to all her hard-earned
poise. Just one little Item In a
newspaper! Just a paragraph no bit
ter than Bessy's forehead Just a
few black words announcing the
engagement ot one Eileen Argyle
to Richard J. Hlckson Dale!
One clipping that was not torn
out of the newtnper, slobbered with
paste, and placed Into a One blue
leather scrapboosl One clipping
that meant the end ot all that had
already been ended years ago. . .
No need ot keeping the clipping,
for every word was turned Into her
thoughts, to haunt her waking ot
Bleeping.
But Hope didn't cry She didn't
even feel like crying. She went
down to her New York shop and
sent out bloomers without dresses,
eight-ounce bottle Instead of
booties, and confused the entire
day's sales with calm and thought
ful Inaccuracy.
All the long spring months she
plodded through her work and her
play. Conscious ot only one ctase-
ALSO TAKE CASH
8AM FRANCISCO, Msrch 31. (AP)
District federal prohibition officials
announced today that cash as well
as fixtures would be seliwd henceforth
In raids on bootlegging establish
ment. Edgar R. Bonsall, attorney for the
pronlbltton district of California and
Nevada. aUo ssld liquor seised here
after would be subject to a commod
ity tax of 1.10 per proof gallon on
apirltous liquors and a 19 30 revenue
penalty for diversion of alcohol.
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less undorcurrent of thought.
Dickey was not only gone but
lost! Dickey loved someone else,
and held her close, and kissed her.
... A good girl no doubt, who didn't
get Into scandals, who wasn't an
outrageous flirt. And who waa she?
Did she have lots ot money, or
didn't Dickey care so much these
days about Inheritances?
It only she could let him know
about her Inheritance that was soon
to come and set her free. She wonld
have no pride about 1L
But maybe with a hit show he
didn't care about money now. . . .
Probably he didn't have to care so
much. And did he ever tell Eileen
about her? How did he explain It
that Queer marriage and what
did he say in describing Hope?
Quiet, calm, subdued, Hope ab
sorbed all that went on about her.
Judy's happy engagement to the
coy she truly loved: Tom Post come
Into hi own at last a hit on the
radio as a crooner at seven hun
dred a week. And Frisky really re
lieved that he waa through. Betty
married In May. And Flora Rlordaa
In June. . . . Everyone falling in
love, getting engaged, planning for
marriage, . , .
And so, merely because ot the
vacuous pain In her lonely heart,
and because of the realization of
one true and remaining devotion
that should not lightly be discarded,
Hope herself said "yes" one night In
June. Yes, she promised Rusty
Crandall, and felt like crying at the
all-embracing fever ot Joy and stut
tering plans of his faithful, dog-like
devotion. Sat beside Rusty and
watched his face light up as be
talked so tenderly, remembering
how she had watched him grow
from knee pants Into manhood, and
wondering why she could not care
for him any more than she did.
Wondering why she couldn't feel
stirred at the thoughts of a home
for herself as be planned It at the
fact that someone was elaborately
scheming for her happiness, even
though he knew she didn't love
blml Yes, he knew be knew
Dickey was still a husky ghost in
her mind but It didn't matter. He
would win her love. . . .
Home, they told of their engage
ment to their parents and a few of
their friends, but Hope Insisted
that they should not announce it
publicly for a while. She preferred,
she explained, to be married In the
late fall and go to Venice for their
honeymoon. With Christmas In
Rome, and New Year's In Paris.
Rusty bowed to her wishes as
long as she would wear his ring
at least on a thin chain, with the
ring under her gown. And wide-
eyed In bed, she wondered why
she didn't want to announce her
engagement publicly Rusty was the
salt ot the earth and a man one
could lately trust one's lifetime to.
Why did she want a marriage In
the autumn with Venice, and
Christmas In Roms whvt Wai
she waiting tor her grandmother's
Inheritance that would come so
soon now? No. What difference did
the money make? Was she still un
able to give up Dickey? Still unable
to forgot him, when obviously he
had forgotten her completely? Or
did she just wnnt time to get over
the final hurt? That was It. The
ache In her heart. The dull sonse
of futility. She needed time. . . .
How aould Hope know as she
stared out her window till the
stara faded, and the sky became a
dull, despairing gray, that hung
heavy over the earth until the soft
colors of early morning sifted
through to cheer the world how
could she know that another girl,
only two miles from her, on the
other side of the track, was soak
ing her pillow with heavy tears,
and tossing fitfully aa she beat the
mattress with crunched fists all
because she had heard ot Rusty1
engagement?
Rusty's father had told Angel
In the office that afternoon, his eye
lighted, a complacent smile on his
Hp a h asked her not to tell any
one yet, How she had hated the
Senior Crandall at that moment!
Oh yea, she was Ms secretary now
the aocrotary to the boss ot the
whole works secretary to God
tor seventy-five a week. That'a how
he had mad good la business.
Unlucky In love. ... It only she
and her mother didn't need the
money, and sh eonld resign. Re
sign to go away, and let Rusty
kiss Hope and wnnt hi love on
her. , . ,
No. Hop couldnt know that. 8n
never thought ot Angel any more
except to b w when they
met, which was seldom. How could
she know that ker ewe heartache
was agonlaUg another?
Swift surertM. ttmiri'iw. sn-f
Hop forms s tSsrwta Un oret
proprtiori -w-.U. )) fa.
in Dlftl'SV.
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Farm prices advanced last month for
tb first tint since October.
The Index for grains was 51 per
cent, the same as a month ago. Slight
advance In wheat, barley and rye
were offnot by e decline In corn
price. Meat animal advanced four
points to 09 per cent of pre-war.
Advances also were made by fruit
and vegetable which were up five
points, and for cotton and cottonseed
up three point. Butter, butterfat and
eggs declined five point.
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