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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1932.
A PATH T
BYSOPSISr Tortured beyond
hearing by the attentione ot Ban
ta'e tiret hueband to her, although
now ehe ie hie oicn wife, Cliie goee
a eecond tine to Lou-Lou tor
help. Lou-Lou, Dicky't Iriend of
long etanding, plane to Ineist
Dicky marry her immediately. On
the day eet tor the toeditlng Clive
hurriee homet only to intercept a
telephone call mm Dicky to Santa.
ganta i horrified by what Dicky
eoye.
Chapter 4
THERE COMES THE END
"OUT It may b a matter of eo
ondi." Santa wrung her bands.
"Hurry."
CUre hook Us bead.
"Your first husband's (re to go
to hell how be likes. He's bogged
two-thirds ot my marriage. He's
getting a better deal than be de
serves. I won't lift a linger."
"But, Cilve, it's too awful. You
wouldn't let me go alone?" She Im
plored blm.
"Neither alone, nor accompanied.
You seem to forget that you're my
wife."
She raised an arm to cover her
yea and burst Into sobbing.
"You can't understand."
Be longed to display tenderness;
but he'd done that so consistently
and he'd always lost the argument.
Strolling to the window, he ad
dressed her across bis shoulder.
"I understand too well. You'd
exhaust the patience ot a saint,
Santa."
"Cruel and revengeful." She Spoke
brokenly.
Her retreating footsteps. Then
silence.
In an effort to oontrol bis nerves,
CUve stretched himself on the
couch. This revival ot an old In
tatuatlon could be no more than a
pang of jealousy. That she should
have fallen In love with that stuffed
shirt for a second time was Incon
ceivable. He roused.
"That you, Santa?"
Had his voice drowned the sound
of the front-door closing or was that
also imagined?'
Dashing dcwn the passage he en
tered the bedroom. With luck there
was yet time to Intercept her at the
, elevator.
. Too late. She had descended.
Returning to the apartment, be
sat down, clenching his head be
tween his hands. A year was her
limit for any marriage. He sup
posed there were girls like that.
After all, he'd bad fair warning.
"Probably she'll come back to me
If I wait a year."
He began to laugh. Suddenly he
stopped, staring.
"Not to me. I've been (bused
enough."
The furniture, which was hers,
not bis, seemed to smirk at blm.
"Curse you." He kicked a chair.
"You won't have to put up With me
much longer."
In a frensy, he unearthed a edit
Vase In the bedroom and began to
pack. ,
"I'm leavlsg Santa. It ennt be
true." i,
On the bed lay the frock that she
- had been wearing. Timidly, as one
who had no right, he touched It It
was still warm from her body. With'
out thinking, he crushed It to his
lips. Then scornful ot his sentiment,
returned to his packing.
Seating himself at her desk, he
scrawled on a sheet of paper, "Denr
Santa." How to progress? Dear
Santa was exactly what she was to
taint. Never as long as the world
lasted could she be less. Tomor
row would dawn and tomorrow: his
hunger for her would be unabatod.
Ho might glance at other women
but he would duck at the final mo
ment, as Dicky was ducking.
In heaven's name. It this was how
he felt, why hadn't he said It to her?
He'd turned his back on hor and
left her sobbing. He'd driven her
Into Dicky's arms, If that was where
he was at present. ' '
He gnawed his pen. But was she?
Was it too late? Legally she was
his wife. Crushing the sheet of
paper on which he had written noth
ing but the Inarticulate two words,
"Dear Santa," be rushed from the
dlsordtred bedroom and soiled his
bat. She could make her own terms
bo would resign hts will In every
thing.
In the East Seventies before a
palatial apartment-bouse, the taxi
halted. Having stated at the office
that he was expected, ("Ought to
oo, if I'm not"), be was shot np In
an elevator and directed. To his
relief the door was opened by Santa.
NEW YORK, Dee. 14. (AF) Mrs.
Irankun D. Roosevelt, in an address
today at the annual meeting of the
National Consumers league, said "the
depression hu brought about suoh
great unemployment that the un
scrupulous man, who In former years
would have foum. It ImposslDl to
find people to accede to his condl
tlons of work. Is now finding It easy
because men and women must keep
body and soul together."
Six Hour Day Okay
If Revenues Permit
WASHWOTON. Dec. 14. (fl Tho
interstate commerce oommlMlon ad
vised congress today that the sis
hour day on railroads wouUI hare
no material effect on operations ot
the carriers. If revenues are suffici
ent to cover added operating expense.
FREE Pioneers ami descendants
photographed without charge lot
pioneer historical collection
sMUsKHJ STUDIO.
ARADISE!
DAWSON.
He clasped ber to him.
"I was so afraid."
"So was L" She cuddled.
"But who's been frightening your
"Nothing. I've been sitting here
alone."
"How alone? What I mean Is, 11
there was no one to admit you "
'He'd dismissed his servants and
left the key to be given to a lady
wbo was to call on him."
"Looks as though he'd played a
practical Joke. Ah!" He had an In
spiration. "On Lou-Lou."
Santa stared.
'Why Lou-Lou?"
"What more natural? This Is
the day when they're to be mar
ried."
"Is It true? Who told you?"
"Lou-Lou herself."
They wandered Into a large, lux
uriously furnished room.
"But why should she notify yoa?"
Santa continued.
"Too long a story." He shrugged
his shoulders. "To be brief, she
knew that It he were married again,
I'd feel that I was really married."
A telephone In another room was
ringing persistently, scoldlngly.
"What do you say?" Cllve rose.
"You and I seem to be the wedding
reception committee. Guess I'd bet
ter answer It?"
He came back.
"Couldn't. The door's locked." .
Bhe drew herself to blm, white
lipped and trembling.
"What's wrong with you?" He
caught ber terror. "It's the second
time I've seen you like this today."
"Something he said. Cllve, when
he railed me up. The thing he said
that brought me here. Behind your
back, Cllve, he's been threatening
me. I've boon ashamed. I've tried
so hard. I couldn't, couldn't got rid
of hlra."
"Well, you're rid of him now,
darling." He kissed her tears.
"Let's get out."
They had stepped into the pas
sage, when the elevator halted and
they found themselves confronted
by a stocky, grey-haired man who
questioned them without prelimi
naries. "Any trouble In Mr. Dak's apart
ment?"
"Only that ho'a not there," Cllve
repllod shortly.
"I'm the house-detective," the
man announced. "You're the last
folks to visit hlra. Better come back
with me."
Inside the apartment he explained
his request.
"There's a lady on the wlro who
says she's waiting to marry him
been ringing him for the past half
hour. He himself used the telephone
not two hours ago since then no.
body's seen him."
"I can assure you we haven't,".
Cllve volunteored. "The only pe
culiar thing I've noticed Is that one
ot the doors Is locked."
"Which one?" The house-detective
produced a set of pass-keys.
Sprawled across the desk lay
Dicky, a revolver on the floor whero
It had dropped from his hand.
A .cry burst from Santa.
. "It's what he threatened."
Reverently Cllve approached.
Dicky and himself again had
changed places. An hour ago, when
he had belloved himself forsaken,
he, too, had been capable of this
despairing follfy Peering over
Dicky's shoulder, he saw a scrib
bled sheet. It was the letter he
himself had tried to write.
"It's sddresBed to you, Santa." He
spoke without turning. "It begins
the way I bagan one to you recently:
'Denr Santa.' That was as far as I
could get. His goes on: 'Time to be
honest. I have no one to blame but
myself. Life lavished chances; I
misused every one ot them. Life
gave me you; the only use I could
make ot your love was to kill It
We men are all fools. When we're
all the world to any woman, we usu
ally despise her. See how I'm treat
ing Lou-Lou.
"'But we're talking about you
the blithest It I stayed, I could
never cease following you. Marry
ing Lou-Lou wouldn't cure me. I
pray to Cod CUve wlH appreciate
you. Think ot me aa I ought to have
been. In removing myself I'm prov
ing the love I bear you. There are
men so weak that they perform their
greatest kindness by dying.' "
The tolephone started ringing.
The honse-dotectlve throttled it
"Yes, mam. I get you. You're his
fiancee. 8orry, he can't. No, mam
he don't live here any longer."
(Cetrritll itSt-Wt, Cmieiie, Dmtm)
ThTEnd.
DAIRY IMPORTS BILL
OfFETE IN SENATE
WASHWOTON, Dec. 14 (API
Strict regulation of Import of milk,
cream and dairy products wu called
for today In ft bill by Senator Capper
(R., Kaa )
The meaaur would gtva the eecre
tary of aprlciUtur authority to de
termine importable product, baaed
on the health of the cattle and purity
teata In accordance with standard
American regulations.
Heavy Casualties
Gran Chaco Fight
BUENOS AIRES, Deo. 14. (AP
American cattlemen arriving here
from the Gran Chnco region, scene
of fighting between Bolivia and Para
guay, todny said that caaualtlM on
both aldea have been appallingly large.
They declared that unofficial esti
mates put ths Paraguayan dead and
wounded as high as 13.000 and those
of the Bolivians at 18,000.
Oestraole bouses always id first
caa ondltlon far rent, least or aais
011 104,
FARMER RELIEF
PLAN ADVANCED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. (AP) A
tentative draft of a domestic allot
ment farm relief plan covering wheat,
cotton, tobacco and hogs and repeal
ing the stabilisation provisions of ths
farm board act was made public to
day as the basis of farm relief hear
ings by the house agriculture com
mittee.
After an executive session of nearly
one hour, Chairman Jonm distributed
the draft of the emergency bill he
had prepared to members of the com
mittee. It meets tomorrow to pro
ceed with consideration.
'This is simply a tentative bill to
be used wholly as the basis of the
committee's work," Jones explained.
Noted Portland
Doctor Passes
PORTLAND, Dec. 14. (JPj Word
of the deatb in Los Angeles ot Dr.
Ella Kyes Dearborn, 78, has been re
ceived by friends here Dr. Dear
born practiced medicine In Portland
for about 80 years before retiring
last fall. She went to Los Angeles,
where she expected to make her home
for some time. Death was caused
by a sudden attack of heart disease.
Dr. Dearborn was widely known for
her collection of books and other
objects.
TAILSPIN TOMMY
eveRYtHINS-rV VERY LIFE
MAY DEPENO ON THIS 3IRI-
BOUND TO WIN J.
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CET UP
SANTA
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SYNOPSIS: A cruel witch 1
burned by Inga and Plnocchlo,
two of Toyland's dolls, after they
had been helped by a woods fairy
wbo disguised them as foxes. As
the witch burns, nearby rocks
turned into people w,ho hod been
under the witch' spell. Inga
has a msglc gold mirror.
Chapter IX
TUB MAGIC BASKET
All the people and dolls and woods
animal that Inga and Plnochchlo
had freed clustered about them and
thanked them, and there was much
merrymaking.
"Now we can go back to Toyland
with you," shouted tfee dolls. There
were tin soldiers, lady dolls, red-le-hr
dogs and little black mon
keys that Santa had lost many years
before.
"Oh, Santa will be so glad to see
you," said Inga, clasping her hands.
"Plrst I must get my mirror out of
the cave. So tbey waited until the
smoke &ad blown out of the passage
and then Inga and Plnocchlo and
some knlghte went In together.
There wasn't a trace of the witch
left.
Inga found her mirror, and then
they went Into the witch's big room.
"Now what shall I do?" asked
Inga, holding up the mirror. And
the mirror showed a picture of a
basket.
Tommy's Last Hope
IT'S TOO BAD--BUT
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"mist do you suppose that
means?" sold Plnocchlo.
"Don't you remember? That little
squirrel told us about the basket
that Is never empty; It must be In
here," said Inga.
So the whole company looked and
looked, and finally they found a lit
tle brown basket in a dark comer.
"This must bo It," cried Inga.
"Let's see what's In it. I wish I had
a cunning little coach with six tiny
whit horse to pull me bock to
Toyland."
file put her hand Into the basket
and pulled out a little gold coach no
bigger than a walnut and six little
bones no bigger then bumble-bee.
But when she set them on the
ground they suddenly became a big
a they could be to serve a doll.
"Goody, goody," a he cried. "It re
ally I a magic basket. I'm going to
take It back to Toyland, and I'll take
the magic bottle ot water bock to
the woods fairy, but I guess we can
keep the little gold mirror until we
find the princes to whom It be
longed when the witch took It."
"Why don't we get help for all
these other people wbo have to go
home?" suggested Plnocchlo.
"That's a fine Idea," sold Inga,
so she put her hand Into the basket
dozens ot times, eocb ttme wishing
for another little horse. And each
time out came a horse no bigger
than a bumble-bee, and each time
the magic horse grew -into Just the
Fades!
I CUEtiS MACGIt
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, VsMEtM THB ET
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f f AS AP.O TO MEET v L DONJT KVJOVJL IP VOL RE. SOIKJG TO
rO LIKE M POTER AT THE LlKTe 'M, SIR.. VOU'BE SO DIFFERefvJT-1 I
(TO MEET ) , STATIOM OR A BELL. 'E GOES OUT OF 'IS VJUA5V TO BE I 1
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a t 1 1 n r i r- fl ii v r,, ' r. x a
sofisv ? n ran - r-;rn m
right sla for some person In the
crowd little on for ths doll nd
big ones for the knights. And. of
course, th woods animal dldnt
need any.
Then thy all started out. from
tb witch mountain to go bom.
With a sweeping" bow, "plnocchlo
returned the magic water bottle to
the little woods fairy.
Half way through the woods the
whole company stopped because
there stood the little woods fairy
smiling because the two dolls bad
come back safely home.
Plnocchlo hopped out ot the doll's
carriage and with a big sweeping
bow returned the little water bottle
she hod lent Viem.
OH'. SO THI I THE CUV.
WHO MACCiE AY6 OiT
TO THE OFFICE AT EM
IN THE MORNlM'
"Without your help we would not
bav been successful," sh said.
"Taank you so much." And then
they rod on. i
At lost tbey saw the roofs of Toy
land, and at th crossing of th
road th whole company stopped.
Th doll bad bode goodbye to Vie
rest, because, you see. no one but
toy are permitted In fairyland where
Santa works.
Then Plnocchlo and Inga and the
rest hurried on to (lnd Santa-
Tomorrow Bark to ths Toyshop.
Order Continuance
Wall Street Quiz
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AP)
The senate banking committee today
ordered a resumption of the Inquiry
Into the stock rrarket and appointed
a subcommittee to conduct hearings.
It is to be headed by Senator Nor
beck (R., S. D.), and Includes Glass,
Virginia, and Fletcher, Florida, Dem
ocrats; and Couzens, Michigan, and
Town send, Delaware. Republicans.
PORTLAND PITCHER
SOUGHT BY GIANTS
NEW YORK; Dec. 14. (AP) As the
latest move In their rebuilding pro
gram, the New York Olanta today
announced they practically had com
pleted a deal whereby they will ac
quire Bill Shores, right-handed pitch
er last year with Portland of the
Pacific Coast league, In exchange tor
Sam Gibson, giant righthander.
Beda of pain are eased with sheets
of Christmas Seal. Buy several
sheet.
MW GOT THE
I OCA HS SLEEPS
IN THE OFFICE-
13 LOSE LIVES IN
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14. (AP)-;
Thirteen persons lost their Uvea ba
traffic aocldenU within the past 34
hours, the largest number of fatal...
It lee ever recorded here In a .day, po
lice reported today.
Many of the accidents were attrib
uted to streets made slippery by rain
snow and sleet or the blinding cat
motorists by the storm.
JOHNSON SLATED FOR
J, IS REPORT;
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Dec. 14 (AP) ;
The Bee published today a copy '.
righted dispatch from Gladstone WlU :
Hams, Its Washington correspondent,
saying Senator Hiram Johnson of cal- .
lfornla. Republican independent who
supported Franklin D. Roosevelt for I
president, would be offered the poet ;
of secretary of the Interior in th
Roosevelt cabinet.
Texas Solon Dies.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. (AP) - :
Representative Daniel E. Garrett, 68.
of Texas died at bla home today of
heart disease.
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