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''MEDFOBD MSUJ TRIBTTNE, MEDFORD, ORE&OX, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 193i.
Judith Lane
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8YN0PBIB: Judith Lcnt'e tn-
f loycr, 0i0 Tom Btin, wt hag
timed over to her the fob of coin
plating the Rio Diablo dam, which
Bovine ha$ undertaken chiefly for
the relief of ttunarea 01 ( ,orm
i.t tnrnheil land. Judith t
paged to ttorman Dal, lata pa
tier of Morton Lampere, and La
per te trutna
Diomo a am.
'armere
en
tart' am-
veer the Rio
om Bevine daugh
ter Afathilm ia trulna to take Nor
man from Judith, Jvdlth and Bis
Tom are together in the tatter' of
' flee, going over the detail of the
Chapter It
INSTRUCTIONS
f JUDITH turned to Tom Berlin, it
J wllderment In her trey Ts. He
iwaan't JoUng. Bbe had aerer seen
him as serious,
"Big Tom," she asked, "are you
Manning another trip to washing,
ton, or abroad?"
i "No. Judy." he snsvrsred quietly.
i"a longer trip than either. Thl
mornlsi alter I had learned what
Xampere was contemplating: what
he bad tried to do, aometblng
anapped Inside. The doctor called It
a stroke. I know Better, m Bi
me no hope. I may die at any mo
ment I It going to be too mucn jot
me to ask you to carry oni
Judith had been '.rained In a item
school. Becauae of this she accepted
Tom Bavins' statement that he
might die at any moment, with no
more emotion than a grave smiie.
"I understand what you. mean,
now. Big Tom. I'll be proud to carry
on for you. If It will make you any
happier I'll relieve you of every de
tail right now. Not that I believe
your doctor, because," ahe aald
brightening, "I think he was Just
trying to frighten you into taking a
lest"
"He did suggest a rest," Tom Bev
ina admitted. "He said if I bad the
sense of a Jack rabbit, I'd board the
Xaiad, cruise around and live to be
a hundred. And then he said in fair
ness to Mrs. Bevlns, Ma'teel and
my firm, I should arrange my estate
so my sudden passing would not
make them suffer more than gner.
Why don't you take his advice?
If you trust me as much as you say
you do, I could come Here
. "It's not that I don't trust you,
Jndy, hut I don't Intend shifting any
burdens while I can carry my loau
There's going to be a big battle over
the Rio Diablo and it I have to die,
I'll die lighting that battle. Oh. and
Judy, nothing about this agreement
of ours, to Norman.
. "I was just going to ask you It you
didn't want me to delay my mar
riage." "No, Indeed, hurry It along."
"I don't understand, you ask me
not to tell him"
"Judith, Norman Is junior mem'
her of Dale, Lampere and Morrison.
He is working with two brilliant.
successful men, men whom his fa
ther admired tremendously. We
can't expect Norman to accept our
condemnation of Lampere. He s the
kind who must find out for himself.
You'll have to be patient with him.
Judy, he's slow, but he's sure
now to work."
Judith, looking back, thought of
that night as a fantastlo dream.
From time to time she would
straighten from her task, walk to
the water cooler and pause at the
window to look out on the darkened
city. Each time the lights in the win
dows of other buildings were fewer,
alternate street lights were turned
off, display signs darkened,
AT one o'clock, remembering she
had bad no dinner and feeling
sure Bevlns had completely forgot
ten food, she telephoned the Rice
grill.
Standing beside the window wait
ing for the messenger, she saw a
late moon leering drunkenly over
the Texas building, and thought of
other moons she had seen on engi
neering trips with her father, the
white shaft of frozen light over the
snow crusted Wasatch range, the
slow ambling sphere with Its silhou
ette of black lira, working up from
the Cascades.
' Piping hot oyster stew revived the
spirits of Big Tom, and he Inter
spersed the rest of their work with
anecdotes of early expeditions be
had made.
. And then, gradually, the buildings
outside tbelr window became black
blocks plied up by a careful hand
against a grey curtain.
Shortly after the first . sunlight
slanted across Tom Bevlns' desk, he
announced himself as ssttsfled, tele
phoned someone at the Rice, then
sat back to await the messenger be
had called.
"I'm sending these deeds down to
Rio Mar by air. This young fellow I
telephoned csn be trusted; he has
his own ship too. This pile, Jndltb,
goes Into a safety deposit box, here.
Drop in the bank sometime tomor
row, give them your signature ani
got your keys."
Judith nodded wearily, then went
to the door to admit a tall young
Texan In the nondescript attire of I
commercial airman.
"Judith, Miss Lane, this Is Bllnj
Sanford."
At the name Judith looked up and
smiled "You're Clla's brcthfr." .
"And you're small Jude. I can. all
the way from China to meet you andi
found you down In the Devil river
country. Now that you're here I
have to go down there , . . sever,
mind, I'll catch up with you some'
day."
"I hope you do," she returned sln-i
eerely. She did hope so, if he were
half as fascinating as his slstorj
thought him, he would make an Ideal'
guest for her home ... hers and
Norman's . . . she'd almost forgot-:
ten Norman during the previous
hours of work. !
She found herself recalling what
Clla had told her of him, as he talked
with her chief. Breath-taking adven
tures mostly. Clla was always ex
pecting a wire telling her he had
cracked up in Timbuktu, He had
spent a week on an arctic Ice floe
while Clla haunted the telegraph
room awaiting word, and there was
another time when he had come
down Inside some Chinese province
to be captured by a doughty young
war lord, who had later released
him.
"Slim" Sanford looked up at her
and smiled. No wondor the war lord
had been lenient, thought Judith at
hlb flash of white teeth and nice
blue eyes, Intensely blue.
i
OHB thought of him again when
u she reached her apartment, found
her food closet bare (ahe'd had no
time to shop since reaching town),
the refrigerator turned off. As far
as anything edible waa concerned.
It was a desert Island, and then the
telephone rang. '
"Judy . , . good morning, Norman
speaking, say dear, I've got things
all fixed up with the architect Can
you have lunch with me, then go to
his offlco?"
Architect, thought Judith? Oh yea,
there bed been talk of a house on a
hill, oaks behind It, terraced lawn.
"Judy , . . what's wrong?"
"Forgive me, Norman, I Just got
In from the otflce and I'm so tired
I'm stupid, could you make that late
afternoon?"
"Make It tomorrow, yon poor
youngster, had your breakfast?"
"No, I'm going right to bed. I'm
sorry about the architect; It Isn't
that I'm not Interested " -
"Don't worry about tbat, dear, call
me later." I
Judith nodded at the mouthpiece,'
laughed at her sleepy stupidity, said
goodbye and went to ber bed. Too
tired to sloep, she tossed and turned,'
thought of Big Tom and his peculiar
request, thought of Norman and his'
kindness.
There came a rap bn the door and
going to It she found Lige, with a
tray In his hand "Mo'nln", Miss
Lane, Ma'ss Norman he sent roun'l
some brekfuss Delphy tlx up. An'j
Delphy she say you Is to eat every;
bite."
Judith surveyed the tray, steam-
lng cereal with plump dates poking!
their heads from the clotted cream,'
golden peaches, flaked with sugar;
thickly buttered toast snd a pot of
chocolate. Delphy had boasted she'd
"fatten thet child." I
Overwhelmed with Norman's
thoughtfulness, Judy sat eating and
thluklng. Some men would hare re
sented her lack of Interest In her
future home; resented her lack of
responsiveness, but not Norman.
Had she the right to marry such
a person while under bondage to
Big Tom? 8uppose he died right
away . , , foolish thought, the doc
tor was probably trying to frighten
him Into taking a rest
That trip with Its Intense heat had
been trying on them all . . . ahe'd
call Dr. Kelly and make sure, out
of fslrness to Norman. She reached
for the telephone, called the num
ber, talked to his offlce girl and then
to him.
'Miss Lane? Oh, yes, Big Tom's
secretary. I've Just come from there,
Miss Lane, they called me to his
offlce."
Judith listened to Tom Bevlns'
physlclsn in alarm "Did you say
you were called to his office? Is he
III?" she cried.
"He's all right now, but why did
you let him work all night? My good
ness. Miss Lane, you should know
better."
"Why did I . . . let blur gasped,
Judith. "Doctor Kelly, do you think'
he'd mind me any qutckor than he
minded you?"
(Copyright, Jril. by Jiaunt Boteman)
Tomorrow, Judith Itarni more
about Tom Bvl-
Ttarrie Tlldnt Help Hint
PAU, RIVER, Mm. (UP) Fined
130 for drunken drlvlnp after his au
tomobile had hit a tratflo stand, in
juring a policeman, Stanley Hughes
rattled oft his automobile among fr't
friends and the tickets netted him
13a. Then, before he could pay bis
fine, somebody stole The money.
A
Foremost British Chemical
Experts Deny Horrible
Possibilities Pictured by
'G. B. S and Others
By LEE WILLS 0
United Trest Staff Correspondent
LONDON. (UP) War mongers
and poctflaU are spreading the fear
of future aerial gas attack. They
draw horrible plcturea of civilian
population! wiped out by vaporized,
poison dropped from the skies.
Bernard Shaw, in a recent radio
broadcast, said that the next war
would result In mossed bombing
attacks on the capitals of the war
ring nations, and that each of the
capitals will surrender. He urged
scientists to Invent a more deadly
and surer gas w.hlch would kill In
stantly and humanely.
Expert leny Progress
In answer to all this, one of the
foremost British chemical experts
flatly denied the possibility of any
great mortality among civilians or
soldiers from aerial gas bombs. And
in response to Shaw's plea for a
more deadly gas, he aald that there
had been parte tically no advance
along that line since the world war.
Dr. F. A. Preetrt, P. B. S., O. B. E..
7. I. P., T, X. 0., the scientist, la chief
chemist of the Imperial Chemical In
dustries, and the man who mainly
waa responsible for the development
of large-scale production of high ex
plosives during the war. By his suc
cess In evolving a method of produc
ing T. N. T. in tons Instead of pounds
Major Preetrh Is aald literally to have
saved the allied forces.
Mustard gas was considered the
most efficient gas used during the
war. But thetftapercentage of deaths
from this gas to casualties was well
under four, Dr. Preeth pointed out.
Chlorine Gas
Chlorine gas, which was used first
In the war, Is fairly deadly, Dr.
Preeth admitted. But Its deadllness
Is dependent upon perfect atmos
pheric conditions. Its effects were
exaggerated because Its orlglnsl use
had so struck the world's Imagina
tion. Probably the most lethal of all
gaiics is hydro-cyanic. This is a real
killer at close quarters, but, like carbon-monoxide,
It Is rapidly dispersed
in the air. Phosgene, which was
used In the war, Is deadly and much
heavier, rolling along the ground a
few feet high. But If people didn't
panlo at its approach, and either
ran away from it, or took a deep
breath and ran through It, the gas
would cause few fatalities, Dr. Preeth
asserted.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
I FRANDS WIZ ZE NEW -BUT
hypnotic power y Professor'
xxO; 1 havf convince f He.s sot a
Vlf'A ZE MOTOR CAR.1 BETfEiaGNE
?P ACHO&- fKIWj &TAKIDAR.P "1
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UNABLE TO MAKE fUE HEV OF HIS CAR WORK,
ATTER A KECEHf PARtV, PREP PERLEY H&D COMPLETELY
.lost his Temper and had bent the kev into untie.
USELESSNE5S BEFORE HE DISCOtfEREP IT WAS RV LAPPETT'5
CAR, WHICH 15 THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, WAT H
WAS TRV1KG TO GET IhlTO '
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(Copyright, 1834, by Th. Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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By 0. M. Payne
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TAILSPIN TOMMY Louie Is Interested
By Hal Forrest
BUT. MB. smith ,
VOUft CXP6-R.T
R.VCB, TOMMY
TOMKINS, MAY
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IN -THE. bOOTU-D
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rYOUft. STAR, li IN A VBR.Y
PRECARIOUS CONOITION-IN
' THE HOSPITAL" YOU HAVE.
BPNT OVER A MILLION
AND A HALF COLLARS,
, OM THIS fCTUR6 AND
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BUT ir THIS,
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HAV& THE OPPORT
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a close uf
Or A NATU9A.L
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EXPENS.eS. I
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Behind The Barricade
By Edwin Alge
NAPOLEON WA3THE BIRD MHO
SftID AN ARMVCOliLOT FIGHT
AMY WAY, I've HAD THAT DOOR.
LOCKED MOST OF THE
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7 , tSA DOOR t A open
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GO 'rv- FROM J LoCKEO! r
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OF COURSE "TS LOCKED,
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THIMVCTHE OLD GOAT IN
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CARPET FOR US DID YOU?
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THE NEBBS I'm Listening
By Sol Hest
Buraeye rhotosrapher SO Tears
MARION, Ohio. (UP) James Wark,
87, believed to have been the oldeat
etlvs photographer In Vie United
States when he retired from business
lut November 17, died here recently.
l m hun ntinliuranliar In I
! rlon for more than 40 years and for
1 30 years before coming here.
' KJONM. THIS PLACE MAS BEAT POSSIBILITIES BUT
1 DOWT VWArJT TO OeCIDE IT MYSELF. IOMY DOMT
NUU COMfc A.LOKJ& UJITH HE AUD TALK XT OVER
VAJITM THESE BIG FELLONWS -YOU'RE BIG NOORSGLF.
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LET TWEM PAY YOUR WW OP AMD 6ACK .
AMD OOtO'T SPARE EjiPEMSE -TMEY'LL ,
TWISJK YOU Ae CHEAP If-
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LISTEKJ TO TMEIR PROPOSITIOM ( AJOD POROIVE
ut tzi-2 TUK DCMAQ Vrtl 1 WANjpl A GOOD
MINJO BUT A GREAT LACK Ot BUSINESS EUERGYJ
AKOO UJMEKJ YOUVE LISTENJED TO THEIR. .
PR.OPOSITIONJ, IF IT DOBSUT 50USJ0 good(awo
SAY NIO ! -THAT'S AM ER5V WORD ANJU IT,
.TAKES A &EAT bUH TO KNOW,
UJHENJ TD SAV IT.
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BRINQINQ UP FATHER
By George McManui
EVERY OME IB CUTTIK1' DOWM ON
EXPENSES AN' DON'T SEE vyHY
WE SHOULDN'T- I'LL JUftT TELL
MAGGIE TV AT WE SHOULO MOVS,
AS THIS AOARTMENT S TOO
EXPENSIVE" .
MAGGIE-DALIN' WEVE BEEM
LIVIN' 1M THIS APARTMENT
FIVE "YEARS - I THINK VE
SHOULD MOVE- I'M BURE
VOU'LL AGREE WITH ME-
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BUT-MACCIE-l-ER-AW-
IT IS ENTIRELY TOO
3MALL-WE NEED
MORE ROOM -AND
BESIDES-THE
NEIGHBORS ARE
BELOW OUR
SOCIAL STAMDlN-
WHAT A
ROTTEN
THOUGHT
THAT WUZ-
HELLO- GIVE ME THE
AGENCY-
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