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PAGE X 1IEDF0RD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1932. Nothing Venture by PatricTa Wentworth tt'irOPBlll Sam, horrified at lehat ehe it euro i$ a plot to kiU Jervit Weare, the man the hat married at a "butlntet propott tion" to eave tor him a larpe lor Sunt, dathee to meet and warn htm. Robert Leonard, friend of Rosamund Carev, Jervie tormtr ftanoie who hat thrown him over tn a futile attempt to teoure for herttif Jervif larpe inheritance from hie grandfather, inettgated the plot. In the terry houte Kan mieli lenie and JervW oaod friend the fonrnaUtt yerdlnond Franrte, Chapter t A "FAIRY TALE" FRANCIS left Nan and Jerri standtof where he hd found them. Naa and Jervit looked at aacb . ether, and for a moment a shared glint of humor gar to each of them a aenaa of Intimacy. To be able to laugh at tba same thlnga la one of the three indissoluble bonds. Kan said. "What a Iambi" And Jervls said, "Good old T. iU" - And then the moment passed. The laughter went out of Nan's yes. "You'll explain abont my not be ing able to dine with him won't your' ahe said. Jerrls put his head baok a little; It made his ohla Jut oat R was an obstinate ohlo. "Why oan't 70a dine with hlmf If Nan had assumed that she was going to dine with them, Jerrls would probably bare felt annoyed. "You'll hare heaps to say to each . other. I should be In the way." "Well, If you don't oome, he'll think you're offended." - "Do yon want me to comer' she asked. "Well, I do X it wouldn't bore you too much." "Oh, It wouldn't bore me." "Yoa see," be said, "If you don't ; aome, be'll think It odd, or he'll think you're angry. I'm rery fond of P. 7. and I hate to hare his feel - Ings hurt that way, and " He hesl. tated, then flashed bar a look of something like appeal. "I It struck . me there isn't really any reason why he should think there's any. : thing unusual about us." "I'll ooma it yon want ma to," aid Nan. Their eyes met, and Jerrls felt ; aomethlng that he bad pot felt be- : fore. ' Both of them came out of that moment with a faint sense of shock. Jerrls caught sight of the station lock and exclaimed, "Poor old Page will be oursing : me!" With a queer leap of pulses Nan realised that she had forgotten, ao- tually forgotten, why she bad come to meot Jerrls. She said, "Please"; and then, "I haven't told you why I came to meet you. It s rery Important" Re turned half round, frowning. "Oan't you tall me at dinner T" "No, I oan't It's urgent" - He stopped, faced her, and said, V "What Is Itr Page will curse mel" The oolour burned In Nan's ' aheeka. How can you tell an Im patient champing man that you be lieve someone la going to try and kill him in the open street in broad daylight? She said with a gasp, "It's no good yoa won't believe me"; and could hare said nothing that would so Instantly hare caught his attention. "Why what's up!" "I don't see bow you're going to believe me," said Nan desperately. Jerrla stared at her. What on earth was she going to say? He de elded that It wouldn't hurt Page to wait "Go onl" he said, "People do get rm ever," said Kan breathlessly, i "Oh, constantly." "Someone's going to try and run ovor you." "What forr "Money," said Mta ta a shred of voice. Jerrls stared harder. She was pale. Her eyes were wide, and sol ' emu, and frightened. "My dear girl, what are you talk ing about!" : Nan began to tell him as well as he oould. Now that she had put the thing Into words. It set not only her voice but the whole of her shaking. ' "I don't understand," said Jerrls. rTou heard these two men talking!" ' Nan nodded. ' "I came up behind the t-taxl." "Tell me exactly what you heard." She said It all orer again. "He said, 'It'a the tour-fifteen all right You'll hare to hurry.' Be DETROIT, Aug. 81. WV-Becaui. ahe charged, her husband paid too anueh attention to her after they were married, end eventually caused bar to lose her Job. Mrs. Vena U. Mil ler has been granted a divorce. Mrs. Miller told Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson that her husband, against her protest, sent her flowers every day at the office where she wss employed. She said her employer Informed her they could no longer employ a woman whose husband could afford to send flowers evsry dar. ' - At soon as she lost her Job, she said, her husband lost Interest In her, end even gave up his Job as a rail road engineer. Miller's attorney protested that Mil ler did not give up his Job, but was fired because he stopped a passenger train to go to a farmhouse near the railroad and buy a pound of butter to take to hi wife, said, 'Let him come out of the sta tion and get well away.' He said you were sure to walk because you had a crate for exercise." Jerrls was bending forward look ing at her Intently. "You heard my name!" "No not your name." "Then what does all this amount to?" "Please, please listen." He moved Impatiently. Naa went on. "Ths driver said, suppose you took a taxi; and the other aald, Then you must do the best you can.' And the driver said be wasn't keen; and he said, 'Take It or leave Hi' And the drlrer said that twenty- live hundred dollars was twenty Ave hundred dollars, and tbat Jail was Jail. But In the end he said, 'All right I'll do If" And what's all this got to do with me!" said Jerrls. "I knew they were talking about yon." But why? What made you think of It! Who were these people? Did you know them? What made you listen to what they were saying?" I knew them," said Nan In a small steadfast voice. 1 "Who were they?" "She got out of the tari. I knew her at once." She? This Is the first time you're mentioned a woman. Who was she!" "Rosamund Carew," said Nan. Jerrls threw back his head and laughed Incredulously. "Go on with the fairy tale!" A Are of rage burned in Nan's chocks and brightened her eyes. She stopped looking at her hands and let Jerrls hare the full benefit of the blase. "Mr. Leonard got ont after her and went Into the house. That was when I got behind the taxi. I wasn't going to listen I Just didn't want Dim to see me. Then he came oul of tbe house and talked to the drlrer. I told you what they said and I told you before I began that you wouldn't believe me." "What hare you got against Leonard? Good Lord what a mare's nestl What conceivable mo tive could there be?" Nan looked up at him, white and steady. "Who would come In for your property it you were killed In an accident today!" she said. Jerrls did not start, be stiffened. There was a tingling pause. Nan felt as If ahe bad bit a lump of dyna mite. She waited for tbe explosion, but It did not come. The silence went on. She could not take hei breath while It wont on like that; and just aa she was feeling aa II something must glre way, he said In a low, concentrated tone, "What a perfectly foul thing to say!" This time Nan felt as if It wai she who had been hit She said, "Yes, It's foul" She paused. "Bui not because I said It" He became vividly aware of her. There was a bright stain of color high up In her cheeks a round bright stain. Her eyes were bright and wide. There was something In them that winced and yet held firm. In his own consciousness an Impulse flared the impulse to beat down that wincing, resisting some thing. It flared, and went out He rose abruptly to his feet "I expect there's Bome explana tion. Bits of a conversation are rery misleading. Thank you for taking ao much trouble about It" Nan got up too. His being po lite was worse than anything. It made her feel giddy with pain. The oolor went quite out of her face. She aald, "Good-bye rd beMer not oome tonight" It was a relief to see him frown. "Of course you'll come! We set tled that Glre me your address, and I'll call for you." He wrote it down on the back of an envelope with a scrap of pencil which he fished out of a trouser pocket "Old Page will be oursing mel" he said, and turned to go. When he bad gone a couple of yards be became aware of Nan run nlng to keep up with him. "I'm sorry but oh, yon will be careful, won't you!" This time she got a black frown. And then suddenly he laughed. "IH take a policeman along to pick up the bits!" he said, and was gone. Copyright, list, llpptnoott) Nin panes hours of worry, to. morrow, and writes htr first ohootc WASHINGTON, Aug., 81. (API The upward climb of commodity prices wss reported by the depart ment of agriculture today to have sent the farm Index up two points on August 18 as compared wth July 15, and seven points above the record low In June. The Index waa St per cent of pre war prices. The Improvement In ths prices of cotton, corn, potatoes, egss and milk and material gains In the prices of wheat, rye, cottonseed, butter and wool were held responsible by the department lor the advance since July 18. Advances In these more than offset downward price trends for oats, barley, flaxseed and hay, a sharp break In the farm price of apples and a reaction In. prices paid producers lor meat snlmsls follow. Jug the advauoe front June to Juir. FOR BOY'S TOY GART DESIO, Italy When Fletro Sala. music teacher, jww a small boy drag ging a toy cart made out of a violin and some wheels, he paid the lad 26 cents for It. Inside the Instrument he found a tag saying: "Anton 1 us S tr ad i various Ceremonensls Facebat TAILSPIN TOMMY BOUND TO WIN A THIS FCLLftS OMG i5THROUS3KlP ' SLlCKEB. JfllPvOU' REWJlf NOO SET THIS) YOUR.e J YOU COULO DO j tie FOR- A RJOE IN Of THEM SHOOT AN' (ffl RUNNING NOcOl nfiirM NEFIOPHILA, fmmjt ASKIN MfwZW ALL WASHED UP! 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Portland Seeking Brooklyn Pastor PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 81. (JP) The Journal said today that Dr. Rus sell Morse Brougher of Temple Bap tist church, Brooklyn, N. Y., has been nominated to the pulpit committee of First Baptist church (White Tem ple) of Portland for pastor. The church has a membership of 1,000. Tommy Can Be "Hard," Too! Glimmering Of The Another Demonstration Of Strength SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 81 (?) Resolutions favoring the six-hour day and the six-day week were passed by the western states convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive firemen and englnemen meeting here today. Federal regulation of bus lines la Truth urged In another resolution, which declares bus competition has caused thousands of train ''workers to lose their Jobs as a result of reduced rail road operations. , DISGUSTED PRISONER HURLS SHOE AT JUDGE REOOIO, Calabria, Italy. Brought to trial on a minor charge, Giorgio Manarl didn't like the way the Judge was conducting the case. He took off his thoe and flung It st the Jus tice, who djeked and said: "Four years." Author Receives Share Of Estate NEW YORK, Aug. 31. (AP) Isaac P. Marcoaaon, writer, receives $129, 288 from the estate of Mrs. Carolyn Prewrt, sister of the lste David Gra ham Phillips, novelist, a transfer tax apprlsal filed here today revealed. Mrs. Prevert died May 2, 1930. Her will disposes of an estate valued at 863,525 gross and S783.81S net. The testament described Mr. Marcoaain as a "tried and loyal friend." B THEM WHISKERS. of m6'r- I OLD BUARD8 NELK ,100 T I OONT THIMK much or 7 vc-; Economics Give Savant Headache NEW YORK. The world's bread and butter problems are a headache to Sir Arthur Eddlngton, British a, trophyslctat. The man who figured out that the universe is expanding llnds finance Just a puzzle. "Give me something simple like the Ein stein theory," he aald on a visit here. "Economics Is a horribly confusing and paradoxical subject." 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