PXGE EIGHT
MEDFORD llim TRIBUNE, MEDFOBP, OREGON, TTEDNESDSY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1932,
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ricta Wentworlh
ITKOPBIBl Whnt at Unntr tn
the Bottl Luxe Jtrvtt Wtort hat
for tht Arl Hme thown oontid
oration for hit ui, Kan. Bht
hat loved him tinet at a girl tht
taved hit Hit; ht hat married htr
ot a meant of taving hit fortune
from ftoiamuttd Carew. Rota
mund and Robert Leonard, whom
t.'an tutpectt ot two atttmptt on
Jervit' lift, aUo art in tht rtetait-
rant,
Chapter It
ROSAMUND'S DEMAND
OOSAMUND CAREW settled her-
eeir into in corner 01 a goia
iota and lit cigarette. The smoke
banc about her like a bluish mist
Jerrls bad not spoken a single word.
HI lip were smillni, bis eyes
aloot and dark. For a minute or
two Rosamund smoked In silence.
Jhen sbe said lailly,
"Hadn't we better talkr
"Ob. certainly. What sball we
talk about the weather? Tbey say
It will be hotter tomorrow."
"I want to talk to yon about my
money," sbe said.
Jerrls continued to smile.
"Your money!"
"Yes."
"What money?"
' "You know as well as I do that
TTnele Ambrose would bar left me
wealthy It be bad not thought we
were going to be married. He bad
his own ideas about the man bar
ing the purse-strings."
"Yes rery sensible Ideas."
Rosamund's laabes came down
upon her cheek. Sbe conreyed
without further effort a complete
Indifference to Jerrls' approral.
"Hadn't we better keep to the
facta?" she said. "He left me
twenty-fire hundred dollars. That's
nothing I can't lire on nothing
and you bare married someone
else. Those I think are the facts."
' Jerrls' eyes hardened.
"I'm afraid we're talking at
erosa purposes. My grandfather
didn't lear you anything at all ex
cept a sum down for your trous
seau." She lifted her cigarette again.
The aab broke and fell, powdering
the gold of her dress. She was silent
tor a moment. Inhaling the smoke.
In til silence thoughts moved be
tween them rlolent, resentful,
dominant, resisting. With halt
closed eyes Rosamund continued
to smoke. Whatever happened, he
should speak next. It It was a battle
between them she knew where her
advantage lay. She sat entrenched
In silence. In the end It was he who
broke It
"I dont think there's anything
Is be gained by this discussion.
You played me the dirtiest trick
I've ever heard ot and now you
want your legacy."
- "And a bit over," said Hiss Ca
rew, her blue eyea relied.
: "I'm afraid you won't get It You
can bare fifteen hundred a year,
but I won't discuss tb matter with
you. You must see Page."
She held the cigarette a little
away and opened her eyes upon
him.
"My dear Jerrls, what do yon ex
pect me to dot"
"On might work," he suggested.
Rosamund's riposte was swift
"I believe Mr. Page haa a vacancy
for a typist Shall I apply tor It?"
She smiled her exquisite smile,
then leaned towards blm. "I'm not
clever enough, I'm afraid. What's
the good of quarrelling? Make, It
twenty-five hundred, aud let's be
friends. Family quarrels are eo ex
hausting, and there's a heat-ware
coming." She paused for an answer,
and got none. "Come twenty-lire
hundred and I'll owe my dress
maker the rest."
Jerrls ros to his feet and of
fered her his arm.
"Nothing doing, I'm afraid. Shall
w dance?"
Ferdinand Francis had taken
Nan by way of a long corridor into
one of those Immense rooms with
gilt mirrors and brocaded furniture
which are, mercifully, only to he
met with In hotels ot the mora ex
pensive sort They sat down tn a
window-seat framed with rose
coloured satin curtains looped with
gold. Their feet reeled upon a car
pet an Inch thick, also roue
coloured. "Weill" said Mr. Francis, "If we
aren't grandl Now last time I had
the pleasure ot a conrersatlon with
you"
Nan coloured a little, but her
dimple showed..
"Is that my cue? What do I say?"
"You say, 'last time?' "
Nan caught the corner ot her Hp
between her teeth.
"Hare we met before, Mr.
Francis!"
"Oh yes, Mrs. Wear."
"Hare we? Are yon sure?" "
"Oh, quit sure. I've been quite
sure since twenty minute past
four this afternoon."
Nan caught her eyes away from
bis. Tbey were twinkling, but
under the twinkle be was dead se
rious. Sbe looked down Into her
lap, and then ot her own free will
ahe tilted ber head and looked back
at him.
"Well?" sbe said. Her lips lust
parted on tbe word, and then closed
in a firm, sweet curve that was
not quite a emlle.
"If you'll go back In your mind,"
aald Ferdinand, "maybe you'll re
member that after I'd picked
Jerrls out of that pool on Croyston
rocks, I came back for tbe plucky
child who'd eared his lite by hold
ing blm up In the water. Sbe
grabbed me with both bande and
said, 'Is be dead? And I said 'Not
within eighty years ot It thanks
to you.' Come you remember
that"
'I?" said Nan.
'Yes, you. I said, 'I'd like to know
your name," and abe said, 'Nan.
And when you said 'I'm Nan,' this
afternoon at twenty past tour In
the ferry bouse, well, I knew
you at once so wbat's the good
ot all this In and out fighting? I'm
an Inquisitive man, and I'd like to
know what's behind all this, and
why Jerrls doesn't know you sared
his life." '
Well, I think you sared It," said
Nan.
Ferdinand ahook his head.
"He'd hare been gone long be
fore I got blm out of the water if
It hadn't been for you." The bright
darting eyes went through her ar
mour. "You were clerer at dinner.
but I saw the scar before you
moved your arm just where I
knew It waa bound to be. Well, now
I'm being Impertinent but why
doesn't Jerrls know?"
'I don't want him to know."
Then, as If putting all that on one
side, "Mr. Francis, I want to talk
to you. I I must talk to someone,
and perhaps Jerrls will listen to
you." .
"What Is it Mrs. Weare?"
Nan clasped her bands In her lap.
"I'm rery frightened about Jer
rls," sbe said. "He's In danger, but
he won't bellere It."
"Danger?" said Ferdinand. "That
has a rery Intriguing sound."
"You're laughing at me," said
Nan In a despairing rolce.
"How can I, when I don't know
the first thing about the situation?
What's the matter with it anyway?"
You don't belter me," said
Nan. "But it's true. He tried to
kill Jerrls ten years ago, and he
tried to kill him again today."
"My eye I" said Ferdinand, and
then, "Who did?"
"Robert Leonard did."
"Is that so?" he said. "The chap
with the bulging brain-box and the
Jaw-bone of an ass?"
"Yea, be did," said Nan.
"The Derll," aald Mr. Francis,
with simple fervour. "He did, did
be? Why?"
Rosamund would get all the
money," said Nan.
Mrs. Weare, you're not telling
me that that beautiful lady Is gun
ning for Jervls."
I don't think she knows." She
threw out her handa tn a passion
ate gesture. "Oh, she can't knowl"
They were alone In the huge for
mal room. Nan's little rolce quiv
ered In It and was smothered by
the sllenc and the emptiness. To
say the word murder In this gilded,
rose-coloured room, with Its soft
carpet Its glittering chandeliers.
Its painted celling, waa like firing a
rerolrer ehot In a puppet show. Mr.
Francis looked at her.
I'm an Inquisitive man," ha
aald, "and If you'd begin at the be
ginning and give me an Idea ot
what this Is all about I'd appreciate
It rery much."
Nan leaned back too.
"It's all so tangled up but Vm
frightened I'll tell It as well aa 1
can It goes a long way back."
Take your own time," said
Ferdinand. "Nobody's thought of
taxing that yet ao you can havo
as much as you like."
The colour stood high In Nan's
cheeks. Sbe didn't care whether
he was listening or not She wasn't
going to tell Ferdinand Francis that
ten years ago she had bad a child's
adoration for Jervls which had
made ber follow him like an un
seen shadow. Sbe began without
any proper beglnlng at all.
I aaw Jerrls come across the
rocks. ..."
(CopvHsM, it!, Llpplneott)
Whit waa (he true story of that
fstoful day by the ssaahoror Nan
tells tomorrow.
Farmer a Reducing
Acreage In Wheat
WASHTHOTOH. Sept. T (AT)
Taa Department of Agriculture an
nounced today that report from far
mers' Indicated that they Intended to
plant about 80.60B.0O0 acres of winter
wheat thte fall.
An area of M0.1T3.000 acres waa
planted last fall, Thte year's plant
ing will be below the 4S.S3,ooo acres
own In 1990 and 48.847,000 acres In
INT.
Hoodlums Beat
. Portland Youth
PORTLAND, Sept. T. (AP) An at
tack by a gang of fir hoodlums sent
Stanley Klyce. 31, to a hospital laat
night, ebortly after he had returned
horn from the emergency hospital,
a-here he was treated for a eerere
laceration of an arm Buffered In an
automobile crash Monday. The five
uen beat him severely. Inflicting a
skull fracture. He waa unconscious
t tea lraepjt4 todaj.
Two Trapped In
Blazing House
COLVILLS, Wash., Sept. T. (API
Trapped In their blazing farm house
early today, Ernest Johnson, 38, waa
burned to death and D. Dee Fryer, 88,
waa ao badly seared he may die.
Fryer, brought to a hospital here,
said he waa awakened by the flames,
and he broke a window through which
to crawl to safety. He attempted to
rescue Johnson, who was overcome by
smoke, but the heat became ao In
tense he was forced to retreat, he
aald.
Canadian Dollar
Climbs In Value
NSW ORK. Sept. 7 (API Re
cent strength ot the Canadian dollar
Is attracting the attention of foreign
currency osiers. In the put few
weeks the dollar has been climbing
steadily. Today It was quoted at
POSlt. cents, almost cent above It
closing figure last Saturday. Its low
for Vie year was 83.7 cents, recorded
January I.
ERTOWI
NEW YORK, Sept. 7. (AP) Har
vey 8. Firestone', rubber magnate, re
turned yeaterday from a rlalt to
England, Prance and Spain.
Mr. Firestone expressed the rlew
that the two big problems before
America today are: "First, Henry
Ford's program to co-ordinate agri
culture and manufacturing, and, sec
ond, the bankers' program to adjust
our foreign exchange."
He slad he believed President Hoo
ver would be re-elected.
Smart Fall Coats Suits Dresses
Hats arriving dally. All at prices
you can afford. Cinderella Shop, 44
S. Central.
Pender and body repairing. Prices
right. Brill Sheet Metal Works.
Graves' Jewelry Shop, now located
41 So. Front.
Fratracide Faces
First Degree Trial
SALEM, Sept. 7. (AP) Melvnl
Sorell, 31, waived preliminary hearing
and waa bound over to the grand Jury
when he appeared In Justice court
here today to answer a charge of first
degree murder In connection with
his father Leon D. Sorell, September
3rd.
Kaiser on Visit
ZANDVOORT, Holland, Sept. 7
(AP) Former Kaiser Wllhelm and
Princess Hermlne and her two daugh
ters arrived here today to stay a
week. A report that the former Crown
Prince Preldrlch Wllhelm would visit
his father here could not be confirmed.
DISSATISFIED HOLDUPS
KILL JOINT PROPRIETOR
PORTLAND. Sept. T. (AP) Dlo
aattafled because they did nut receive
enough money tn a holdup of a beer
parlor on the east aide here, two gun
men early today shot and killed Merle
Barr, 81, who police aald was the pro
prietor of the place.
Boise Would Rid
Schools Of Frats
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 7. (AP) The
Boise city board of education sought
today to suppress high school clubs
and fraternities and their "baneful
Influence."
Every student registering tor high
school courses waa required to sign
a pledge not to belong to such an
organization.
Desirable houses alwaya In first
class condition for rent, lease or sale.
Call 10s.
Cloudburst Hits
Nation's Capital
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. (API
The capital waa drying out today
from a cloudburst that laat night
flooded tone sections of the city to a
depth of eight feet. Damage to homes
from the torrents of rain waa report
ed In the thousands, while more than
40 automobllea practically w e r
ruined by water. . .
Three tier body fir. 5.35. Quality
and msasure guaranteed. Med. Fuel
Co. Tel. 8311.
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