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' PACE RTX MEDFOHP MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDXESD AT, MARCH 28,' 1934. Judith Lane bft JEAWE BOW MAS BY S Of SIR: Big Tom Bevtne, Judith Pate't old employer, hae died and left her hie fortune to complete (or him a dam and refa motion project on the Rio Diablo, in Weet Texae. At the reading of the will he ie handed a letter from Big Tom; arraigned against her are Sire. Bovine and Alathile. her daughter, and Morton Lampere. Lampere ft Judith's huaband'e taw partner. To complicate matter Hill more, itathile ie determined to get Judith'e husband away from her. Chapter 15 THE WILL IUDITH Dale dried her eyes on a whlsp of a handkerchief after j reading the first lines written her by her former friend and employer, and then she looked about the room. It was a queer drama, this In which she was playing an unwilling leading role. Mrs. Bevlns and Ma- thlle. In beary mourning, sat on one side and close beside them was Norman Dale, ber husband, repre- , tenting his friends' Interests against those of his wife. Judge Morgan, to whom Big Tom had turned wbon be found Morton Lampere not trustworthy, motioned Judltb to continue reading, and she bent her head again, above the let ter. Vour reading thli note, said the Ink scrawled letter, will mean . that 1 have passed on. 1 have rea son to believe Ihev will rush the reading; of my will In orJer to at- ' lenipi to gain control or tne money 1 have left to you. Lampere will see to this, lie will see to other things. You will And your part In this Is thoroughly misrepresented. He may even attempt to cause a aoparatlon botween you and your husband. Judith, I have thought of all of these things and what they will mean to you, during these sleepless nights, and In spite of them, I am going on with the writing of this ' new will because I do believe that you will have the vision to see my vision, and the strength to carry out my plans. You are a daughter of Em 1 1 Lane. Tou lived and worked with him for sixteen years, the years during which your character was - iorniea. x ocueve na duik mat character on the same tine, Arm foundation he built his bridges. ICmfl never built for personal glory and always his first consid eration was for the greatest good to the greatest number of people. When they press you hard, Juilith, think of those you are ' . helping. You will understand , shortly why 1 sold those bonds and placed the seemingly large sum of cash In the bank In your name. I told you it was to be held In trust for me. It was, but I wanted you to hava complete use of It without Interference, legal or otherwise. The will 1 am leaving will be blt ' terly contested. 1 have prepared for that. But the money left for you to use In constructing the dam wllk.be tied up. The company funds may be dopleted through forced liquidation, and this cash you have, Judith, will be needed to carry on the worhr at the dam, so the men on the ground will not surfer and so the natives who trust me will not have to wait too long fur their hopes to materialise. Remombor you are only a girl, but upon your Hrmness In carry " lug out my desires rest the des tinies of hundreds of laboring men. And now to your trial. God bless you. If there is a way for those beyond to stand by and strength en those left behind, I will be with ou. Carry on, Judy-girl, BIO TOM. Judith looked up. The room was silent as though those there had felt the presence of the other man, and Judltb, eyes wide with sadness as she realized what lay ahead, spoke to the Judge. "I have finished reading the In structions my former employer left (or me, Judge Morgan. I am ready now to hear his will." THE document was lengthy and filled with legal phrases which meant nothing to Judltb. Filled with grief and forebodings, she looked out of the window. There wore bushy oaks clustering the line of the bayou, and beyond wore the book-like roofs of the little homes the had seen on that first trip with ' Norman. TlpUlted bindings of red ud green and tan covering their ilmple stories. Judltb envied the women who tired beneatb them. She envied the ones In their postage-stamp yards, hanging out billowing sheets, the ones In the match-box housos bend Ing bvor hot ovons, testing fragrant loaves with expert fl'gars. That night their husbands would come In, soiling trim ginghams with band grimed bear-hugs, but Judith would willingly have had the golden tissue tea gown of the previous night ruined, had Norman wanted to give her more than a frigid kins of greeting. Only half comprehending, she caught through the maze of legal phraseology words which meant that the bad been bequeathed "stocks, bonds and other assets listed herewith and aggregating the sum ot five million dollars, to be liquidated as needed." And, "fifty-one percent of the stock ot the Bevlns Construction Company, heretofore held In my name." There was also a phrase "lO FORMER DISCIPLE sFa&. Ill nr niuniti uirno ur mun wtuo 'STARLIGHT7 MAN which said that this money was to be used In the manner outlined to Judith Lane, on the night of August 25th and In compliance with de tailed plans which she bad filed In her safety deposit box. There was more, much more. Mrs. Bevlns asked certain clauses be repeated and Judith, listening, felt relieved to learn her former employer's wife would receive the rentals from the Bevlns Building, averaging one thousand dollars a month, and the property on which the family home was located. Mathlle, received a like allowance from other sources, both Mrs. Bev lns' and Mathlle's bequests to be controlled and held to one thousand dollars a month each by Judge Morgan. The will and the various docu ments pertaining to It were re placed on the desk. Judge Morgan had announced that was all, and had arisen as though expecting the others to leave, when Morton Lam pere held up a restraining hand. ' "A word with Mrs. Dale, please. Mrs. Dale you have heard the read ing ot the will and with your Intelli gence I know you have felt the In justice done the widow of our late friend. Now Mrs. Dale, I wonder If you haven't something to say to us here before Judge Morgan?" Judith regarded the man a long moment. She bad been seeing him around the offices for years but never before bad sbe sought to find -the man beneath strikingly band some features. Pleasant, suave, too pleasant she decided. Mr. Lampere, I have my Instruc tions from Mr. Bevlns and I shall respect and obey them to the best . of my ability." JUDITH'S voice was clear as she spoke and her eyes rested on her husband, rather than the man she was addressing, as though she hoped he would understand. I'm afraid we've pressed you a little too early," Lampere coun tered suddenly. "You go home, take time to get over this . . . er grief at your former employer's death and I am sure that such a competent little business woman you've al ways proven, to be, you'll find some thing different to tell us." "My decision Is final." "Oh come now," he spoke to her as though she were a child to be cajoled, "you're Just overwrought. You know that the Big Tom was 111 or be would never have gone outside his own office to have the will drawn up. Mrs. Dale you know very well that Big Tom never had a better friend than I " "Mr, Lampere," Judith's grey eyes were blue-black with anger. before you commit yourself further I'd like to let you know that the rea son Mr. Bevlns went to Judge Mop gan Instead of to you waa because he found he couldn't trust you; he found that while representing him you tried to use your political power to coerce a superior court Judge Into using bis Judicial influence to ob tain an Injunction against Big Tom's purchase of dam " "Judith!" Norman Dale was on his feet and acrosj the room facing his wife "Judith, apologise to Lampere for that Insult " "It Is an Insult, Isn't It Norman," he conceded sadly. She felt that In some way she was not rising to the courage demanded ot the mo ment, She wanted to press her face Into his coat lapel and cry like a child. "Then apologize." Judith Dale stood facing her hus band, realizing, "m' when ahe had told Morton Lampere what she knew about him, Norman hadn't stopped to consider the possibility that sbe told the truth, but had con demned her words as a lie and de manded she apologize. I can't apologize, Norman, be cause It is true." "You can't prove It," said Lam pere suddenly. 1 can If It's necessary, coun tered Judy, "the date was August 22, the place the file room ot the county court house, the man" "Just a minute, Mrs, Dale," Lam pere spoke hurriedly, "remembor this. Whatever action you take be cause ot your mistaken version of what took place at the time and place mentioned would be an attack against jour husband's firm." "I don't believe all ot this Is nec- ossary," Interrupted Judge Morgan, Mrs. Dale, you look worn out wltb this trial, let us take up other things at other times." "Thank you." Judith turned to wards the corridor door, wondering If Norman would follow, but Just before It closed behind her she board Mathlle say "Don't be a tool, that's what she wants." tCopiriaht. .'Sit. ftv Jtannt Bowman) Tomorrow, Judith mttts Norman undtr dlfforont clrcumiuneot. PIANO SITTING HABIT EXPLAINED BY HELEN OH1CAOO, Mrch 28. (UP) Helen Morgan, en route from New York to Hollywood, slid down off a baggage truck today and explained why s:ie goes around sitting on pianos. "It was a Ion time sro." ahe said. "It was crowded and 1 wi Urd. People couldn't ee me. to I sat up on the piano. It got to be sort ol a habit." 3 Midget Photos 10c Peasley Studio. For dardon Plowing Tel. 813-J THE FLAVOR L A-S-TVS NEW YORK, March 28. (UP) Standing bei.eath two dusty palm trees In the municipal marriage chapel, NUa Cram Cook, banlahed from India by the British govern ment after ahe disappointed the Ma hat ma Oandhl aa a disciple, waa married today to William Hutch Ins of Chicago. The groom was a mess boy on the boat which returned Nlla to this country Saturday. Hutch In, called "Eternal Star light" by Miss Cook, appeared a tri fle upaet by the rapidity of develop- I ments since ,he first met hla bride aboard, the ferlghter. City of El wood. It waa the first time he had been seen In public since he disappeared shortly after the boat docked. "He la the perfect man," Nlla said aa she appeared to apply for a li cense. "He is the utlmate and infinite ideal. He la wonderful. He 1b my eternal starlight. We want a mar riage license, please." She Identified .herself as the daughter of the late poet, George Cram Cook, founder of the Province town Players; the stepdaughter of Susan Olaspell, novelist, and the di vorced wife of Nlkos Proeaok, hand some young Greek she married after a romantic courtship on the slopes of Mt. Parnassus. Proestok, ahe said, is the father of her six-year-old eon, also ban ished froia Greece and In tempo rary custody here of Nile's brother. Regard h.g her former husband, Miss Cook was vehement but Indefi nite. "He la leu than the dust," she said. "Why must we talk of him? A divorce? There must have been One. Put down that we were di vorced In Athens, March, 1033. "And now let us go. my beloved," she said, turning to Hutchlns, "We have waited years, eons." . Be correctly corseted In an Artist Mo-iel by Ethel wyn B Hoffmann, Dance at Rogue Elk, Saturday night, March 31. . . Primary Council Meets Saturday The primary council r Jackson county will hold a meeting at the court house auditorium Saturday afternoon, March 31, at 1:30. The topic for the meeting la to be Pri mary Number Work. Mlsa Erma May and Miss Laura York will have charge of the program. All primary teachers are Invited to attend. AISLE SEAT By GLUYAS WILLIAMS k Dessert bridge luncheon. 1 o'clock Monday. 'April 2, catholic Parish hall. Price 35c, All are Invited. v 1 1 j 1 1 1 nil t KNOCK! KMOCtO. 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