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MEDFORD M4IL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1934. Judith Lane ftff JBiWH BOWMAN 8YHOP81B: Judith Dale knows that her husband's law partner, Morton .ampere, plane to wreck her old employer's plane tor the Rio Diablo dam. which were put into Judlth'e hands for execution upon the death of lito Tom Bevtne, whose vet project it viae. Judith hae been left the Bevtne fortune in truet, to be epent on the dam. But Jforman. her husband, le torn by the belief that Judith should step out of the picture; they have auar relod, and now, reconciled, have "tiled back to talk. hpHB meal over, dishes back In the kitchen, Norman found an old jcarlet dressing gown, dug In Its pockets for pipe and pouch, then filling' and lighting the pipe sank Into the dlran. Judith, at a gestured Invitation, cnrled Into the circle of his free arm, wide eyes on the flames shoot ing up through the oak logs. Out side, twilight was moving In, a cold spring wind In Its wake. The leaf less arms of the nearest tree rubbed fretfully against the house, the Are crackled "Happy?" Inquired Nor man, contentedly. "Perfectly." "Wish this could go on forever," he mused, "no more outside Influ ence. Soucds archaic, maybe, but I believe there's a primitive need In every man for a home of his own; y'know, the kind of a need that forces him to go out and make good In business like" "Like the caveman In the forest made good with his billy club?" in quired Judith. "Judy, you're laughing at me." "No I'm not. I'm Just thinking bow nice it is to be your particular woman, to say nothing of living In ucb a cave." "I like this cave too," he said, boyishly possessive. She knew he had had but little home lite; as CUa had tald, "Plenty of house and nobody In It" He settled back again, and then Into their peaceful moment came the whirr of the telephone. Judith, not wanting to listen, couldn't help hearing a few words and was ready for something unpleasant by the time he returned. "Jude " under the brave scarlet coat his shoulders were sagging. "I forgot to tell you. Lampere has called a meeting of stockholders and the board of directors for the company, tomorrow at three. He wants you there." V , She nodded. She remembered dimly that Poppy Neville was giv ing a one o'clook luncLeon and she had promised to help. Would she hare time to change? She shouldn't go to such a meeting In a ruffled silk suit and Dolly VarJen bat. "Judith," Norman Interrupted her thoughts, "I'd promised myself I wouldn't discuss this Bevlm mat ter with you, but you're my wife and I can't let you go to that meeting ' unprepared. I want you to know what other people know. "Judy-girl, I wonder If you real ized that Big Tom had been losing bis mind during the last few months of his life; In fact that he had a erlous brain affliction at the , time he drew up that new will?" JUDITH lumped from the encir cling haven of her husband's irm. . "Norman," she cried. "There, Judy, don't take It like that. It was bound to be a shock to you, I know, but I thought It was bettor for me to tell you than some one else." "Norman," she repeated, this time brokenly. "Yes dear, It probably came from sort of a belated sunstroke. You remember how we suffered on that trip? Why, healthy as I am, there were times when I nearly went under. It seems Big Tom stood up while he was actually on the job. but the moment he got back home where he could relax, the whole thing came down on him like a ton of brick." "What do you moan?" "It you'll remember, Judy, he had a slight stroke the da after his re turn. From tben on he began to grow queer. Erorybody In the legal department noticed . , , what's the matter?" Judith stood before him, eyes nar rowed, body rigid with emotion. "So that's what they're saying!" sbe began In the low voice Norman vd come to recognlie as one of anger "the ... the cads. Llston, Nor man Dale, you go to tompere and tell him he's the lowest kind of a liar there Is; the kind who will try to destroy the reputation of a man who can't defend himself." "Judith, will you listen to rea on?" AUTO VICTIMS' BODIES ARE TAKEN FROM RIVER COUNCIL, Idaho, March 80. (fp) The body of two-year-old, Joan Halsy of New Mradowa, Idaho, was found In tho Wotaer rtver war whore the thejlavor m 1 EVERYWHERE, "To reason, gladly, where la Itr Norman's dark eyes were glowing In the Drought, bis chin bad Jutted forward with Scotch stubbornness "you'll admit he kept you work ing all night the nlgbt after his stroke Was that an evidence ol sanity." "After what you've Just said, Nor man, It was evidence of more than sanity ... It was sheer genius. Only a man facing death could have bad tbe foresight to do what Big Tom Bevlns did that night." "I suppose that you, a twenty-four-year-old" "Ma'teel calls me an office girl," supplied Judith bitterly. "Leave Ma'teel out of this," snapped Norman. 'Try to leave her out," laughed Judith. "You were saying, that twenty-four-year-old office glri 'pre sumes,' Is the next word isn't It?" "Alright . . . presumes to know more than brilliant, tried and proven engineers and lawyers." "That's what you really believe," she said with sudden conviction, then, "Norman, do you see what this is doing to us?" "It needn't," be replied, arose and walked to the door, "as long as Llge Is taking the week off. Instead of the day I'll have to go down and look at that furnace." Judith walked slowly upstairs, undressed mechanically and slid Into bed. She felt exhausted. The quick exhilaration of anger had burned out, leaving her numb. Down to the west the full moon began Its ascent blocked by tbe oak tree before tbe window. Slowly It eased Into view, seemingly climb-' lng from limb to limb. NORMAN would come up, tbey would talk It over and regret their flurry of temper. He would come up before the moon reached the limb with the queer hump. But It flattened Its silver surface against the filigree of topmost boughs and sailed on Into the clear blue; with no sound from below. Judith was asleep when Norman, hslr rumpled, eyes blinking even In the soft glow of tie bed lamp, did appear. Sbe didn't see htm stand and stars down at her, a baffled, troubled look on his face. Even had she seen the look, she couldn't have known how much like a child she appeared to the man. In deference to her new dignity as a matron she had let her hair grow and It lay spread In becoming disorder on her pillow. Her eyes were tear stained. Her body, fuller now and health ily pink, due to Delphy's untiring care, lay clad In maize yellow paja mas, one foot and one arm hanging over the edge of the bed. Carefully Norman moved them back, pulled the covers high, then went to tbe chair before the window. They spoke quietly at breakfast, the apprehensive Delphy and Llge hovering around like two solicitous black birds. "Shall I call at Neville's for your Norman asked ss he was leaving. "No," Judith answered," "as long as you belong to the Arm retained by the Bevlns women, it would be less embarrassing for you It I come as Big Tom's stenographer, rather than your wife." "Just as you say." He kissed her and left, and Judith felt an unrea soning desire to weep because he hadn't Insisted upon standing by her through the coming ordeal. Judith was afterwards to wonder how she managed to live through Poppy's luncheon. Her beruffled frock of dark bluish green, and pert, small hat, won the hearty approval of Poppy's guests. "Look as though you'd boon clip ped from the top of a candy box," one guest remarked. She thought of this later, for she hadn't had time to rush home and change and was forced to attend the board meeting In her party frock, and there was small comfort In the smartness of her ensemble as she saw universal disapproval In the faces of the men gathered there. Even the courage Inspired by Judge Morgan, who accompanied her, was dimmed by the sight of Mathlle Bevlns In deep mourning at one end of ths table, flanked by Morton Lampere on one side and by her husband, Norman Dale. Preliminaries over, a meeting of the stockholders was cslled and Lampere, their elected chairman arose. "Mrs. Dale," he began, "prior to your coming, the board of directors held a closed meeting. They came to a conclusion about a very vital matter and wish to lay It before yon for a decision, are you ready to bear It?" fCopyrloht. iSJ J. by Jeanne Boxcman) Tomorrow, Morton Lampars bo gins tho attaok. body of hor mother wit found last night and about a quarter mile up stream from where the father's body was recovered. All were killed In the same automobile arcldont. The Hoaleya' cor hurtled off the highway north -of here and rolled down a 160-foot grade Into the stream. L-A-S:TrS I " -a W HEAVY AIR TRAVEL TO FORTHCOMING JUBILEE Tbe faateat multl - motored air transport schedulee In the world. placing Medford only a hop, skip and Jump from virtually any point In the country, will make possible speedy travel to Oregon' Diamond Jubilee celebration at Medford June 3 to 0, It waa pointed out today by local of ficials of United Air Lines. Aa United 's fleet of three -mlle-a- mlnute Boeing transports now oper ate, It Is only one business day from point aa distant as New York to Medford. Air travel time examples, as furnished by United, follow: Prom Kew York, twenty-four and a half hours; Chica go, eighteen hours; Portland, one and a half hours; Seattle, three hours; San Francisco, three hours; Los An geles, five hours, and San Diego, eight hours. Considerable coast travel to the jubilee celebration Is expected to re sult because of the speedy schedules operated between Washington, Oregon and California. Two dally round trips are flown by United Air Lines, with travelera able to fly the entire length of the coast without loss of business hours, DENVER, March 30. (Pj Struck by lightning today while he was at work. Edward Clark, 37 lclty high way department employe,, was killed almost Instantly. Brown wood, Texas, has a natural gaa well In an unwanted spot under one corner of Ua Memorial hall. 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MiM' So VOU'LL HAVE TO BB THE OF HER T I LIES AiT THE! -H .JH CHARGE S RUIN THEM'S TWO J WtfffM LEADER. AS SOON AS IT fp ' - -Lj BOTTOM OF THE! 7 1 1 i i i ii"ir.OL.r r-i iialj . 1 i i in iiiiiia i -.wwr-w utni j i in t " it w fit (AP) The Republic Steel Corpora tion, third largest In the Industry,' today added Its name to the list of steel companies announcing 10 per I cent wage Increases for employes! effective April a. Increases of 10 per cent also was announced today by Youngstown Sheet 3e Tube company, employing about 16,000 men in the Youngs town and Chicago districts, witft about 32,000 employes in Youngs town, Chicago, Buffalo, Birmingham, Maaslllon and Canton, Ohio. Fifty-three blood tests were neces sary to find the correct type of blood for a recent transfusion. BEFORE I STAETED (Join riit n&ite WITH lfclh2AE.TI-rH- JN&UlPAssEu. ; MOVSJ- LEMME ' TELL VOU ABOUT A TElP I EXPEDITION. FEATHERS IN HIS J JH K WHAT THE OLD VUCPiTPlNl 'Hpj V ..-7 sTimlS SUBURBAN HEIGHTS I " s-jpi " i . r IT WAS PREflY EMBftRRASSlKfi FOR TRED PERL.EV At A RECENT BR1P6E PARTY WHEN AFTER RECEIVIK6 COKSRATULATiONS OKI WINNING THE FIRST PRIZE , MISS (SILLESP)E DISCOVERED TUFrf HE HAD ADDED UP HIS SCORE WR0N6 (Copyright, 1634, hy the Bell Syndicate; Inc.). 3-30 By GLUYAS WILLIAMS ItfttMwtf By 0. M. Psyn By Edwin Alger I'VE GOT SOME MOV1NS PICTURES OF HER Ai 9H5 IIE?5 ATT THE BOTTOM OF "THE ' yon HAvefi HOW IN : WORLD I DID VOU SET 2MTT1 r'
