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MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 13. 1934.
Judith Lane
bg JB.iWH BOWMAX
SYNOPSIS: Judith Lane'e friend,
the newspaper girl Clta Sanfort,
just hae called to eay ehe must in
terview Judith at the "perfect etc
- nourapher." Waiting to loin Clta.
Judith recalle the kimlneee of her
employer. "Big Tom" Uevlne. who
htte watched over her etnce the
death of her engineer father. She
, iuet hat taken a letter lro.n Big
Tom to hie attorney, Iforton Lam
pere. whtch eaid that Big Tom
planned to becin eonetructton on
an abandoned dam project in wett
ern Texae. through the failure of
which many email farmer' had
' rttined.
Chapter Two
NORMAN DALE
JUDITH'S stenographic training,
her practical and technical
knowledge of engineering and the
trust Tom Bevlns wai able to place
In the daughter of a lite-lcng friend,
made her Invaluable to blra.
At Brat the work aeemed to her
Ilka a compromise between engi
neering and business domesticity
and then gradually she became
more the stenographer and less the
engineer. And as she caught up the
loose ends of dally work and wove
them Into the pattern of the con
struction company's business, her
respect for the "office wives" of the
world deepens! until It verged on
pride In a profession.
The moon-faced clock brought
Judith to the realization she was
due to meet C1U In Ave minutes.
how, due to traiBo lights, one-way
thoroughfares, or perchance the In
clination of the man at the wheel,
Judith found them speeding across
the arch of the bayou bridge with
the queer town of little homes lying
beyond In the dusk.
On the crest of the arch, traffic
caught and held them a fleeting mo
ment. Judith looked down on the
roofs of the little town "always're
mlnds me of a library," she confided,
"the roofs are like colored bindings
of books turned upside down .
think I'd like to live In one."
"No," countered her companion,
meshing gears, "You should live In
a house with slim white plllara and
a green roof, green abutters and
window boxes with pink gerani
ums." And then In the sheltered In
timacy of a storm-assailed, coupe
they talked of homes and houses. '
"I've never lived In a bouse," Ju
dith confided, "It'c always been con
struction camp shacks, tents, hotels,
apartments and once, while Dad
was building a bridge, I lived in a
monastery, deserted of course."
"It would have been deserted once
the occupanta haU seen you," came
tbe chivalrous response and Judith
tilting her head forward to laugh,
caught a glimpse of the clock on
the dash board "please I must go
back, I'm meeting Clla Banfnrd, and
NICE PROFIT ON
SALE OE L
tlngly & Moore, $2.60 end tl-35; Paul
Jones, 62.60 and ai 35; Four Rosea
and Antique. 13 25 and 91.65; Ken
tucky Triumph, 92 26 and 91. 15.
Later during the day vouchers were
also filed by the Van Landlngham
company, O. 8. Hinsdale and Keltler
Brothers and Baler, bringing the total
liquor inventories to 913.864.
Other expenditure vouchers of the
liquor commission, totaling 93494
were filed today Including 9824 for
Installation of fixtures and repair of
buildings; freight service of 9S16:
painting of signs, 9322; window clean
ing and changes, 9223; agency signs
9180.
She scurried to the locker, pulled
the porky delft blue hat to a btnart
angle, donned the Jacket of her new
suit, whisked a powder-puff across
her nose, a Up stick across her lips
and grabbing letters to be droppod
Into the mall chute darted out of
the office to the elevator.
The lettera slithered down the
glass chute like one-winged pigeons,
Judith beard the elevator doors
clang open. She stepped briskly
Into the car, then "Oh," she said
breathlessly looking up Into laugh
ing dark eyes which seemed amused
at her start of surprise.
"Working late, aren't you, Miss
Lane?" asked Norman Dale, Junior
partner of the firm to which she had
just mailed a letter.
"No," she countered, "Just using
the office as a waiting room, I had
late appointment." And under her
breath words were singing , . . "the
perky blue hat . . . the trim now
ult ... let the rain ruin them,
they've served their purpose. Nor
man Dale baa seen mc as something
other than a cog In the office ma
chinery." "My car's Just outside and It's
raining pitch-forks. May I take you
wherever you're going?"
THE! elevator had made swift
descent to the lobby before Ju
dith had recovered her breath suffi
ciently to respond to Norman's In
vitation. For two years she had been
watching him across the width of
the board room table: a barrier a
definite as the social wall which
seemed to rear Itself between aspir
ing young stenographers and prom
ising young lawyers.
Dale, Lamporo and Morrison had
been retained by the Covins Con
struction company to handle Its le
gal affairs since the Inception of the
company, and Norman Dale, assum
ing his father's place with the law
firm, at the elder Dale's death, had
gradually assumed his duties.
Now that the roard table and Its
symbolical harrier had been re
moved, Judith found herself re
sponding to Norman's Invitation
with a still breathless "I'd so ap
preciate It."
The car was at the curb. The Rice
wa four blocks beyond, but some-
while she s always at least fifteen
mlnutos late, It'a now twenty min
utes after the tlro I w- du in 'et
her."
TRAFFIC was disappointingly
light a they returned awlftly
to the city, and Norman Dale, as
sisting Judith to alight, asked If
they couldn't resume the discussion
soon.
"I really don't know," Judith an
awored, "We're leaving for the Rio
Diablo basin June first and Dig Tom
la quite liable to keep me working
evenlnga to catch up with his other
affairs before we go. Suppose you
telophone me?"
"I will, or else I'll see you at board
meeting, or drop down for a chat
while Tom's off ou one of his wlfe'a
pink teas."
Judith hurried Into the hotel
lobby, discovered Clla hurrying In
behind nor. and turned to accopt the
rod haired girl's apologies.
"As If you weren't late, too," pro
tested Clla preceding her Into the
main dining room, "and didn't I see
you crawling nut of Norman Dale'a
car?"
"Unihum," admitted Judith as
they were seated at a window table,
"any objections?"
"Plonty," retorted Clla with the
frankness of an old school friend,
"don't want you suffering from an
gina pectoris or some other heart
ailment."
"What do you mean? Is thore
anything wrong with Mr. Dale?"
"No. That's the trouble. Ho's so
completely all right every woman
who ever sees him wants to takr
him home for keeps."
"Money?" Inquired Judith guile
lessly. "Not much. Doesn't need It. Not
thtt he's so heart breaklngly hand
some, but he baa got a nice sort ot
a he-man look about him. There's
a lot ot millionaire mamaa of mar
riageable daughters willing to make
up the deficit If he'll only promise
to lore, honor and cherish their off
spring. How he's managed to reach
the ripe old age of twenty-eight
without exchanging his freedom for
a franchise Is beyond my powers."
(Copyrijht. tail, bvJeanre Bowman)
Tomorrow, Clla and Judith oook
UD a lory. t
VALLEY VIEW ROAD
Twenty-five residents of the Valley
View section met rrlday evening at
the Valley View achooi l.nuM and
discussed new route to the Pacific
highway, according to the Ashland
Dally Tidings. One route would
bring them about one-quarter of a
mile nearer to Ashland, and the ouv
r would be a mile from Ashland.
It was pointed out the shorter
route would be more expensive, as it
would necessitate constructing a
bridge over Bear creek. A com mitt
waa appointed to consider the affair
and Included Bob Wagner. Frank
Craig, L. H. Qallatln and Mr. Van
Dyke.
On your way to Crater Lake, stop
at Union Creek .Restaurant. Open
unday,
Vouchers Filed With Secre
tary of State for Payment
Show Cost of Liquid
to Controlling Board
BALEM. March 13. (AP) The first
voucher for purchase of liquor by
the atatt liquor control body and
filed with the secretary of state to
day and revaled that some grades of
bonded liquor waa purchased at a
price of $20 to 24.80 a cane In quart
bottle sizes. Cases of pints in the
ssme grade were 40 centa additional.
The voucher carried the Invoice or
the Frankfort Distilleries. Inc.. of
Louisville. Ky., and was for $5, 18 1.47.
with a one and a half per cent dis
count for payment within 30 days.
The invoice showed the following
prices of blended liquors purchased
from the one company:
Lucky Star. 20; Old Oecar Pepper.
921.60: Mattlngly k Moore, 21.60:
Paul Jones, $22.80; Pour Roses, $24;
Antique, $24.80 and Kentucky Tri
umph, $20.
The price list at whtch these blends
were being sold In state liquor stores
were:
Lucky Star $2.28 and $1.18 for
quarts and pints respectively; Old
Oscar Pepper, $2.60 and $1.36; Mat-
8ALEM, March 13. (AP) The
state's bill for liquor, according to
vouchera filed with the secretary of
state to date, today reached $27,024.
Vouchors today from six different
companies totaled $13,160 while those
filed Saturday were for $13,864.
DIFFICULT DECISIONS
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Bv Sol tTrtsa
Th MM ford chimber of commrc
hu rnttd a)n In th national
chamber of commerre publlmtlon.
for the fourth tlm In on year. In
the lut luiie the local chamber of
commerce waa the only one in the
wwt to gain mention, ft copy of the
bulletin reveals.
The Item telli of the dally broad
cut, now sponsored by the chamber.
Two lettera In rraponae to the article
have already been received here ask
ing Information on the programs.
One came from La no titer, Fa., the
other from Altuna, pa.
Scripture lenacns, from a Dtble eight
feet long and ftU feel wide were read
during reUlou campaitfu at Vlcl,
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