PIGE FOURTEEN1
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, 3IEDFORD, ORECON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1932.
laying Barbara
fcy JaHa Cleft-AaMjUM Jito .-TOO curr minr-
BTNOPSlSt Th low lr o
Qwndit, Lodely d Can i o&o-::
to era. becau it ha entrusted
' th or tun t young Farrell dr.
mitaa to a crack, and mutt male
it good. It i Can, th tormt
oJHc boy, who protetted th ao
ton; th two ''gentlemen" part
, nr who brought it off. Quentln
lie dying: Can ha ordered
Lodely out of hi apartment. Can
take hi Itttl daughter Leila
end poe to call upon Ur. Quen
.tin if rib lodely i alto thrt
Chapter t
A 8 MOT IS HEARD
MRS. QUENTIN rose, circum
spectly. ' 1 wonder If It would ba rary un
kind at me :o e!lp Into the bouse
by the rote-walk? Then 1 could
be finding out It Lionel Is able to
ee him."
"Run alone." agreed Mra. Lodely
Til jast say a (ew worda to Cane;
that'll give you time. And my re
gard! to your husband and I
hope"
But Mrs. Quo Un was gone,
teeing through the beautiful gar
den. Mra. Lodely's relief at not
baring to frame a suitable mes
sage to a dying man made her al
most her old boisterous self as she
stepped out Into the drive and be
gan to shout conversation.
"Afternoon, Mr. Cane! Goln' up
to aee Mr. Quentln? I'm afraid
he's a good bit weaker today. His
.at Mrs. Lodely waited, attentive
.'or once. But no further Informa
tion was offered. Mr. Cane'a neal
smirk slid Into place again and bis
everyday voice uttered a common
place about the weather.
Mrs. Lodely's mind, slow with
years of well-being, relinquished
Its curiosity. K trivial business
matter. NotbJn' to do wltb her.
Nevertheless, after she bad taken
leave of blm, after Leila and the
little servant bad romped past ber
on their way out of the gates, sb
looked back. She remembered
afterwards that Mr. Cane, dark
against the golden autumn, bad
taken tbe telegram from hie pocket
book and was reading It once more.
She took her way up tbe bill and
presently came within sight of ber
borne.
In this four-square box of a
house had passed all the years of
ber married life. This afternoon,
because she v.at won to lose It,
sbe stood tor a moment, looking
at It; and, tor th first time, saw.
Judith Lodely demanded that
things have no nonsense about
them; be no more loan she could
see or touch. Nevertheless, she
was a woman who did not feel at
ease without a certain display ol
comfort; ample food, though she
herself ate little, huge fires, though
she never felt the cold, numerous
BBSOVfrinTMIutjUntTriiiriia; ivA - . - tsu-JS.' E3S
Can opened and read the telegram.
wife's with blm lust now. Well,
Leila" as the dark-eyed little
thing twlstea and spun on her
father's . hand "when are you
comln' to play with Mark and Gabs
sgalnJ" ;
"She'd like to see little Miss
Barbara now, If she's anywhore
bout. And It Mra. Quentln agrees,
of course."
"Trald Babs Isn't home. As a
natter of fact, she'a atayln' over
at our place tor a bit." Mrs. Lode
ly, embarrassed' as always by the
man's smirking deference, launched
Into . superfluous explanations.
"Seemed the best plan, wltb things
as they are here; though Babs Is
such a quiet little soul, she
wouldn't have been In the way, ex
actly. But then Mark's taken such
a fancy to ber, that's a blessing,
too; they spend hours together.
Leila must come along and play
with them one day soon."
"Very kind of you, I'm sure, Mrs.
Lodely. - Leila would like It
Wouldn't you, Leila?"
"There eomea our Annie," said
Leila pirouetting. "Isn't her face
red!"
Both adults turned and Mr. Cane,
elaborately exouslng himself, re
traced a few steps and took a tel
egram from the hand of tbe girl
who cam sheepishly up the drive.
Pompous creature! thought Mrs.
Lodely, Irrltatedly watching tbe
Junior partner as he opened and
road th telegram. Leila had re
captured hla disengaged hand and
was banging upon It In a manner
Mrs. Lodely considered "common."
- "Ow, daddyl You're squeodglng
me! Owl"
The child wriggled free, her face
puckered between laughter and
tears. Her father looked In her
direction but Mrs. Lodely had tbe
impression that he neither saw nor
heard her. He folded up the tol
gram and thrust It Into a pocket,
then almost Immediately took It
out to put It carefully away In a
pocket-book which he produced for
th purpose.
"More bad newaf" enquired Mrs.
Lodely. She laughed senselessly.
"I shouldn't hare thought we'd any
t us any mora to lose!"
"On, no bad news, no!" returned
Mr. Can. "A trivial business
matter." Ha spoke so absently
servant though she really enjoyed
the hearty Informality that waits
on Itself. Day by day, now, ber
life was being emptied of these
things and leaving ber emotionally
face to face wltb her husband, her
crippled son and her self.
From thought ot eight-year old
Mark sbe fled, as sbe had fled since
the day ot bis accident And
thought ot herself detached, hon
est thought was Impossible to
her; sbe bad nevor In ber life at
tempted It But thought of her
husband crime more easily, though
lu blind-alley fashion.
Without bis horses and bis dogs,
what could he do? She tried to
Imagine him enduring even one
day on the tiny Income that re
mained to them, but the construc
tive effort was too much tor her.
Besides, they planned to go abroad
and Imagination broke down be
fore life In a country that was not
England.
Sbe began to cry loudly, ex
asporatedly, like a child. Sbe hur
ried Into her houso, and flung her
self from room to room.
She bad come to tbe open win
dow ot the morning-room and as
she stood botore It tbe sound ot
the children's voices drifted In.
Mark's was thin with petulance,
Barbara's unusually round and vi
brant for a child ot six. Her honey
gold curls bobbed Into view as she
darted onto tbe lawn In pursuit ot
a rolling ball. Before It bad been
retrieved, Mrs. Lodely saw ber
husband come from behind the
shrubs that sheltered Mark's spinal
carriage aud stoop to speak to tbe
beautiful child on the grass.
Then Sam Lodely went deter
minedly across the lawn, down a
path sentinelled with goldon-rod.
and shut himself Into a distant
summer-bouse. Little Barbara
Quentln, looking gravely after blm,
nodded to horselt as though she
conned over a lesson.
The sound of the shot came al
most immediately. Mrs. Lodely
climbed out ot the window and be
gan to run, shouting his name. Rut
oven her tumbling and baffled mind
expected no answer.
(Copyright. 1911. Julia Cldt-iJJoml)
Suddenly, affairs talcs quite a dir.
ftrtnl turn, totnor.'ow.
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UNTIL DEBT PAID
jnrWBERM, It. C. Den. IS. (API
Organisation of a group of Newbern
society women who pledged them
selves not to vlntt Prance so long as
that country refuses to pay It war
debt to the United State was per
fected bar todty.
In the group am several women
who said they are planning European
tripe nest summer, but Franc will
not b Included in th Itinerary un
less tbe war debt are settled before
they ssll.
KLAMATH PALLS Orant H. Hess
opened Pine Streut Service station at
areata sad tin street.
PORTLAND, Ore, Deo. 16. (API-
Four men. eonvlctwl Monday ot liq
uor conspiracy char In Klamath
county and In northern California,
were sentenced In federal court here
today.
Rlnebsrt Nlckeli was sentrnred to
year and a day at McNeil Island:
H. t crane to eight month at fort
Lewts; James Flanery to three months
at the road camp, and John H. Orovea
to sis mouths In Vie county jail.
Qroves was placed on probation for
one year.
All except Oroves had prior con
vtctlona. The Jury recommended
leolracy for blm and Fiaucry.
I
AT SCHOOL
COMMITTEES ACM
By Dran Pltper
At the present time, all ninth
grade activities are being centered on
the annual OA dance, to be given
tbla Friday. An excellent on&eatra
has been acquired for tbe occasion,
and an enjoyable evening la planned.
John Dickinson, president of tbe
OA class, states that the various com
mlttMri connected with the program
have met and are carrying out their
duties. The decorations committee,
with Herbert Spencer as chairman,
baa some novel idea which they
plan to put Into effect.
The gym will be decorated wlt.h
Christmas treee and other novelties.
Among the features to be presented
during the evening Is a tap dance,
presented by the Shelby twins, and
a group of songs by Betty Faske and
Georgia Webb.
Each year the outgoing ninth
graders hold this affair, and as It
was successful last year, a bigger
and better one Is planned for this
year.
Newbott7,4Tlirt.ia Hs-mauti An.
lumber, sash and door establishment
at run and Main streets,
Culp Creek. Bohemian Lumber
Co. sawmill will resume operations
In dhort time.
2i SANTA and tfie
'MAGIC DOLL
btf SICRIO ARNE.
SYNOPSIS: Santa gives a party
for Toyland after Inga and Pinoc
chlo return from burning a witch
who had turned Inga Into a rag
ged old doll. Inga has a magic,
gold mirror and a basket (hat la
never empty which once belonged
- to the witch.
CHAPTER XI.
THE DWARF.
All the time Inga and Flnocchlo
had been returning home so happily
there was a. very evil dwarf on the
mountain, where they had found the
witch. This dwarf was cooking a
magic potion which he planned to
use to revenge the witch's death.
It wasn't widely known, but the
dwarf was the witch's brother. Peo
ple in the fairy world seldom saw
him. He just lived underground and
did odd Jobs for his sister.
The dwarf was a tiny, little old
man wltb a hump back, black eyes
and huge ears that stuck up above
his cap.
He was so ugly that the witch used
to send htm to frighten children. He
would suddenly appear standing on
the edge of a school book and then
he'd disappear so suddenly that you
couldn't tell whether you'd really seen
him or not.
But he planned In some way to
harm Toyland. Two dolls had burned
his sister. And although he didn't
know as much as she did about magic
there were a few things he remem
bered, such as making a magic potion
that put people to sleep lor twelve,
hours.
When he had hla potion bubbling
nicely over the fire be poured It Into
tiny little molds and let It cool. When
he dumped out the molds he bad a
whole dish of tiny, little balls that
looked Just like candles. He colored
them all bright ptnk and slipped
them Into a leather pouch.
"Ha, Ha." he chuckled, "I guess
that will fix them. One of those lit
tle pills would put a giant to sleep
to say nothing about some silly dolls'
Then he pushed a gate across the
entrance to his underground home,
pulled up his belt real tight, pulled
his cap down as far as bis big ears
would permit and set out with great,
big strides to go to Toyland.. But
on the road he met a huge rat.
"Say, Mr. Rat,' he called, "let me
ride on your back.' The rat agreed
and they went through the woods
like a gray streak. Soon they were
at the toyshop.
"Guess I'll Just stay out here and
wait for you,' said the rat. "This
Is none of my business."
"I won't be long," said the dwarf,
"hee. hee, hee."
He slipped Into the toyshop and
when Santa wasn't looking he walked
up to each of the dolls with a silly
grin on his face, and said, "Have a
candy. They're very good."
The little pink candles looked so
good when he held them out that
the little dolls never gave tt another
thought. They all grabbed for aomt
and popped them into their mouths.
Xn a twinkling they were all asleep.
Santa was sitting by the fireplace,
The dwarf Has a tiny, little old
man with a hump bark, black
eyes, and huge ears that stuck
up over his cap.
putting together a toy cart, and he
didn't see any of this.
When all the toyshop was quiet
and nobody could see what the dwarf
was doing he slipped around and took
all the keys out of the toy-trains.
Jumping Jacks, toy carts and doll
cupboards, and stuck them In his
pouch. '
Then he bopped right out of the
window, and onto the back of tbe
rat that was waiting for blm and
was off.
Can you guess why be did It?
'.tomorrow Hunting the Keys.
HOOVER SIMS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (AP)
Expressing "profound pride as an
American lu- the history of labor In
this country," President Hoover to
day laid the corner atone of the new
$11,250,000 department of labor
building.
Simultaneously, by means of elec
trical synchronization, ihe president
also laid the corner stone of the
new Interstate commerce commission
building which la rising nearby.
"It is Indeed a pleasure," Mr. Hoo
ver said at the outset of his brief
address, "to make this further step
in the fulfillment of the magnificent
plan for the nations' capital. Since
George Washington first visloned this
city, It has steadily grown nearer to
his dream' of a fitting symbol of a
great peoples purposes and energy
and power."
Prlnevllle. Mrs. Lester Davenport
and Mrs. Roy McCalllster opened Art
Shop here.
Central Point. Plant with capacity
of 5000 pounds of cheese dally being
established at this place by Rogue
River Cheese & Products Co., Inc.
SHERIFFS ENJOY
JA1LH0USE LUNCh
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18 (AP)
The annual "JaUhouse luncheon" for
sheriffs of Oregon was the featured
event at today's sesMon of the State
Association or Sheriffs, and Martin
T. Pratt. Multnomah county sheriff,
presided at the tables which wera
heaped with corned beef and cab
bage. The luncheon was -held in th
county Jail dining room.
John F. Logan, chairman of th
civil serilce board here, addressed
the convention at the morning ses
sion, on "Crime Prevention." Ha
urged universal finger printing as a
means of prompt identification, cit
ing many instances In which persons
Injured or killed in accidents had
remained unidentified for many days
because no one could recognise them.
Railroads Refuse .
Proposal On Wages
CHICAGO, Dec. 1ft (AP) The rail,
roads flatly refused today to agree
to thelt. union employes' proposal
that the present deduction of 10 pep
cent from wages be continued fof
another year.
St. Helens. Piling for 50-foot Jetty
In Columbia river near Martina)
Island being driven.
MONMOUTH Joe Rogers took ovef
Maplemead dairy.
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