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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.
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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
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to be a genuine Btradlvarlus, Sala
estimates It Is worth 950,000.
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."
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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."
WEST LINN Improvements to be
made on Buck street
By GLENN CHAfFIM
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