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
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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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INCREASE WAGES
LORAIN. O., March 30, (AP) The
National Tube company, a subsidiary
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, today announced a 10 per cent
wage Increase for the 7,000 employes
In the Lorain plant, effective April 1.
YOUNOSTOWN, O.. March 30.
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(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.
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