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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBTJNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1932.
A PATH 1WARADISE
h CaMini.lt ijy DAWSON.
BYN0P81B: Goaded beyond
bearing by hit vtitt Santa'e at
tempt to "reorm'' her former
hneband, Dicky, CHvt contpiree
with a ehow-girl friend of Dicky't
to break vp the eituation. Lou
Lou it eager to help. Then Clive
goet home, and doet not, to hit
turyrite. And Dicky there.
Chapter 41
BEAUTY IN TEARS
CLITH reached horn prepared
for anything. Re ni agreeably
surprised. One light waa burning to
welcome him In the hall; the rest
of the apartment waa In darkness.
Olanclng Into the drawing-room, he
guessed the length of Dicky's stay
by the mound of cigarettes.
He felt the handle of his bedroom.
The door yielded. He was tiptoeing
to the bathToom where he planned
to undress, when Santa stirred.
"I'm awake. You're not disturb
ing me."
Without waiting for him to switch
on the light, she pulled the chain
of her lamp.
"My dearest," he exclaimed, "your
lyes are red. You've been crying.
"Dlcky'a been so rotten." She be
gan to weep.
CUve gathered her to him.
"What did you expect? You're the
last person In the world to be able
to change him. A woman who
hadn't been married to him might"
"Come here youl"
"vii no nice woman would want
him the way he Is, Clive," she
walled. "That's the tragedy."
"It you're asking my advice, you
must place your cards on the table."
She hesitated.
"He's been lying to me. I'm cer
tain he hasn't broken away from his
bad hablta. He'a been pretending,
beoause It amuse him to have me
preach to him. I accused him this
evening."
"How oould you accuse him, old
girl If you have no proofs?"
"Yon don't need proofs to accuse
anybody. I mentioned Lou-Lou and
chorus-girls. I told him that If he
refused to become decent, I was
through with him."
"To which' he replied?" Clive
questioned.
"Nothing." She began to weep
gain. "That's what's 10 dreadful.
Perhaps he haa been trying and I've
misjudged htm."
"You've aot misjudged him." Olive
comforted her. "If you gave htm his
choice to be decent or to get out,
we're rid of him. Dicky's the kind
who can't be decent."
Next evening Dicky presented
himself with the solemn expression
of one who had hit the saw-dust
trail He begged the favor of a con
ference with Clive and Santa.
"I'm humble." He hung his head.
"Santa's Instinct waa right I have
. bad dealings with one woman Lou
Lou. Today I've aacked her." He
raised clear, virtuous eyes. "At laat
I'm worthy of your friendship."
Clive excused himself.
From his library he telephoned
the theater and left a message. Then
pretended to work, consulting hit
watch from time to time, while the
murmur of earnestly conversing
voices drifted to him from the drawing-room.
At aome minutes past eleven the
door-bell rang.
"I'll answer It" he called.
Aa Lou-Lou entered, he whispered,
"They're all set Make the show
down convincing. Don't spare me."
She pressed his hand aa she swept
by him.
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An example of odd appreciation 1
thown In the attitude of Mm Jack
son county wlmmert to efforts of
Mllet Cantrall, well known Rueh
rancher, In making avallabla to the
public a choice awlmmlng hole In the
Applegnte rtver, adjoining hla prop
erty. For several summers past, Mr. Can
trail has permitted swimmers to use
hli private lane In reaching the river.
He constructed several dressing rooms
anil other conveniences, but a recent
visit to the spot revealed his efforts
were taken lightly. VIM tore in a
spirit of vandalism have literally de
stroyed the buildings, pulling boards
off and in one or two cases entirely
tearing down the structures, accord
ing to Mr. Cantrall.
Whipple Saxaphons Studio, phone
"Hello, you bums!" She peered
Into the drawing-room.
Then focusing on Santa, "Gee
baby-face, you're a false one! Didn't
want him when be waa yours and
now won't let me hare him. One
husband Isn't enough. You're pure."
For the sake of dramatic effect
CUre checked her.
"Excuse me. You're speaking to
my wife."
"Is that sot" Lou-Lou swung
round and surveyed blm. "You're
a dandy husband a regular prize
fighter. How much dosa my man
pay you to keep your fists off him?"
Dicky waa the last to catch her
attention.
"Come here yo," she com
manded. "My dear Lou-Lou," he protested.
As he approached, ahe caught blm
a reaoundlng smack across his hand
some face.
"That's bow dear I am to you.
Thought you could gyp me, did you,
and that I'd make no scandal?
You're coming home, you piker."
Dicky bowed.
"Anything to atop this unseemly
row," he apologized.
The door closed behind them
Clive stared at Santa.
"There's a woman In a thousand
Whatever her morals, she can tell
the truth. I'm a boob. You'n
Lou - Lou commanded.
loose-minded. We're a pretty pair."
Santa flung herself Into his arms.
"Darling, I've been a fool. No
don't kiss me. I wish you'd strike
me."
They supposed that Dlcky'a In
trusions were ended. Next evening,
with his accustomed assurance, he
called again. Santa opened to him.
He began at once to proffer his
excuses. When prodigals forsook
the swine of the Far Country, fare
wells were Inevitable. What could
one expect from a girl of Lou-Lou'a
vulgarity?
At that moment Clive Joined
Santa. Seizing Dicky y the scruff
of the neck, he flung him like a
sack Into the passage. From across
the threshold he addressed him.
"It ever yon attempt to communi
cate with my wife, I won't be re
sponsible tor what I'll do."
Picking himself up, Dicky de
livered his Parthian shot
"That my wife stuff sounds line.
But Santa was my wife before ahe
waa yours, allow me to remind
yon,"
Breathing heavily, Clive slammed
the door and listened to the de
parting footsteps of his enemy.
To postpone having to face Santa,
he peered Into the passage. Dicky
had vanished. Clive waa nervous
aa to the extent of the damage he
had done him. He pressed the
button for the elevator and asked
the boy In charge whether a gentle
man had recently descended. On
being answered In the affirmative
he enquired, "Did he teem O. K.T"
The boy grinned.
"Some guy had landed him a
peach o! a an-ash on the forehead."
"But apart from that?"
"From hta neck down he wai
Jake. It you was the guy, elr,
who pasted him, you did a swell
Job."
Clive slipped a dollar-bill Into
the lad's hand the reward of ad
miration. (CettrttU mt-im. terne,,,, Dim.)
Bn( mints Ollvt-s hirale
milium, tomorrow, and for a
curious rilion.
WHEAT GROWERS
PALOTJSB. Wash., Dec. T. (AP)
Mayor Will Benton today proclaimed
a CO-day "business holiday at the
request, he said, of the Farmers' State
Cank of Palouse
"Owing to the low price of wheat
and other farm commodities." he said,
"the Parmrrs' State bsnk has ake4
for a holiday of 60 days, rather than
force farmers of the community to
sell their crops at the present ruinous
low prices."
A similar holiday was declaml by
Mayor Simon Drelfus, of Colfax,
Wah., at the request of the Flrat
Trust and Savings Bank of Colfax
last week.
Phone MJ We ll Dtul away your
refuse Olty Sanitary Service
It is socially correct to use Christ-
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SYNOPSIS: A lazy Gnome sen
tenced to make Toy land's most
beautiful doll, obtains the aid of
the Snow princess and fashions a
doll named Inga. Bants Imposed
the sentence because the Gnome
had made PI notch WV an ugly
clown.
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Inga Meets Ssnta.
The Gnome was a little afraid that
Santa wouldn't think his doll so
beautiful. So he hid her outside and
went Into the Toyshop to announce
that he was ready to show what he
had made.
Bring her In, bring her In," Santa
said. "I'll collect all the dolls and
fairies. We'll let them decide."
When all the people of Toyland
had gathered under the huge Christ
mas tree In the center of the work
shop, the Gnome led In the beautiful
Inga. She didn't know why they
were all there, but It was such a
gay-looking company that she burst
Into the prettiest smile and madia a
low curtsey to them.
Hoorah 1" shouted the Tin Sol
diers, "the Gnome wins."
"Hoorah," shouted the other dolls.
"Toot-toot," blared the horns, and
Tinkle-tinkle" sang tho pianos.
Santa had to cover up his ears,
there was so much noise.
And ail the while, poor little Pl-
nocchlo was standing In a corner,
saying to himself: "Just look what
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a beautiful doll that Gnome can
make, and to think he made me as
ugly as I am."
He looked so forlorn that Inga
noticed him and she wanted to make
him happy. She walked over to him
and took his hand, saying, "I know
who you are. You can make people
happy when all the rest of us fail."
Plnoochlo was so embarrassed aL
being noticed that he turned quite
red and traced a pattern on the floor
with the point of one of his shoes.
"Hoorah for Plnoochlot" shouted
the soldiers. f
"Do a dance orled the dolls. So
the little clown swung Into one of
those loose -Join tied dances of bis
until It looked as though he'd lose
an arm or a leg, and the whole toy
shop rocked with laughter.
Inga smiled, but she didn't laugh.
Maybe It was because the Snow
Princess had helped make her. She
seemed to see a little farther Into
the hearts of the toys around her.
Dolls have hearts, you know.
Inga knew that Plnoochlo was
dancing because the dolls liked to
see blm, but she also knew that un
derneath bis funy red and yellow
suit he felt like crying.
So while he danced she wove a
little tiny wreath of mistletoe leaves
and when he finished she put them
around hla head, and said, "This
Is for the King of Good Hearts."
And Plnocchlo, like the true gentle-
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man, fell on his knees and kissed
her hand. Just like a knight.
AH the dolls thought It was very
pretty, but Santa's fao softened and
Inga, the Beautiful, was given a
throne In the Toyshop, and Plnocchlo
sat at her feet, telling her funny
stories.
became very kind, because he under
stood what -Tnga was thinking.
"The Or.ome has done very well,"
he said. "Inga will be our queen."
So everyone was happy, and the
Gnome was happiest of all because it
meant that he was not to be ban
ished to the Ice Kingdom.
Inga was given a little white
throne at one end of the long Toy
shop and there she smiled down on
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With equipment expected to be In
stalled the latter part of this month,
the Central Point plant of the Rogue
River Cheese Products Co , Inc.,
will be In active operation the first
week In January, C. M. Churchill,
manager, announced today.
A determined effort to Increase the
present prospective milk supply is to
be begun within the next week, with
prices subject to the current market.
Mr. Churchill, a dairyman and cheese
maker of long experience, is anxious
to contact milk producera In an effort
to complete preparations for the es
tablishment of truck routes. Several
trucks will make daily rounds in col
lecting milk from points as far as 30
miles.
Construction of the plant at Cen
tral Point is rapidly nearlng comple
tion, being rushed by the added force
of several men. The building, with
several thousand feet of floor space,
is located in north Central Point
along the Pacific highway and South
ern Pacific tracks.
FREE Pioneers ami descendants
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proof of Its solvency and business
success. comments the authoritative
Engineering News-Record, In report
ing on the conference of the Ameri
can Association of State Highway Of
ficials, held at Washington last week.
"The highway officials of America
have to learn investment and upkeep
costs, operating expenses, earnings
and Income as fully as they now know
the details of road structures.
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, di
rector of federal highway activities,
sounded the keynote of the confer
ence, when he said, "I can suggest
nothing of greater significance than
that every highway department shall
dedicate itself to a greater and farther-reaching
program of research,
both economic and physical, than it
has ever undertaken in the past.
"That a movement promoted by
the asphalt Industry for many years
is now being given official sanction.
Is gratifying." states Dan B. Miller,
managing engineer of the Ashpbalt
Institute. "Evidence that the Idea
was taking hold has been very ap
parent In the last two years. We
are being called upon to an increas
ing extent by governmental bodies,
to furnish statistics on the perform
ance, the construction and upkeep
costs of various types of asphalt pave
ments. Only by studies of such sta
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Branch Railroad
Permit Is Asked
SALEM, Dec. 7. (AP) The Coos
Bay Southern Railway company has C
made application to the' Interstate
commerce commission for a certifi
cate of public convenience and ne
cessity authorizing construction of a
road from Empire to North Bend, a
distance of 65 miles, which would
give an outlet of paper and mill in
dustries at Empire to connect with
the Southern Pacific line.
Fire Discovered
In State Edifice
SALEM. Dec. 7. (AP) Fire In a
supply room of the new state office
building was discovered shortly before
midnight last night and squelched
with little damage resulting This
was the second fire threat to the
building since its construction in 192U,
the other case being also slight.
PROMINENT CONTRACTOR
SUCCUMBS IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 7. (AP)
wtninm r. Rvnn. 80. Dromlnent rail
road and highway contractor who
built the Moffatt line irom uenver
to Salt Lake City, died at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. O. A. Riley,
here last night. -
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