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PAOTC RTT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, , APRIL 3, 1934. Judith Inill!SIINuIN srxoi'HIS: Norman Pale hat invited Tom Itevine' tvtdoui and ilauflhter, .Uathile, with Morton .jii'.;.ce, their attorney, to hit Acn: to dterwte the lievine wilt tanyte. .Vormon' wife. Judith, hae been left the lievine fortune and tvelructione to carry out lievine' plan for a dam on the ftlo Diablo. Lampere. allhnuqh Harman'e law partner and former attorney tor Bevint, uiehee to break the ivill and build the dam tor hie oton benefit. Judith refueee to eee the vleitore. and aoee to bed to think over the tanale. Chapter 20 THE RIFT MIO l'OM was projoctlng hlmsuif "from the other side of death Into Judith's thought, by cleverly pre conceived communications. To Norman, Morton Lampere, his partner, his father's partner before him, was a person to be admired, al most revered. His word would weigh more than that of a young girl. Lam. per was a friend of a lifetime, and Norman had known her a compara tlvely short time. Perhaps Norman was right, and she with her self assurance was wrong. Perhaps Lampere was rlgbtl She weighed this thought as she looked out on the terrsce where the lights which had blocked yellow ob longs on the grtjeiisward were slid- denly blotted out. ' She would discuss this with him and It he could prove her wrong she would gladly make any concession. She prepared for bed, turned on the bed lamp to let him know she was awake, then waited. She henrd Oelpby's goodnight, tLen Llgo's, heard the kitchen door close and voices In the servants' cottage. And then she heard Nor man coming up the steps. He stopped in his dressing room, then a few moments later went out by the hall door, down the corridor to the guest room. The door of the guest room opened, the hall lights flashed off. The door closed. Judith turned off the lamp, a hot pain cutting through her. What bad happened to make Norman do such a thing? Mathlle'a laughter echoed In her ears, but It was not her In fluence, more likely I.ampore's. He was wise in the ways of women, be knew It would take firm determina tion to keep her from seeking Nor man, and In the end giving In to his wishes. She slipped from the bed snd went tc sn open window. A soft wind, faint echo of the previous evening's eale, came In with the breath of sleeping fields. The sorvants' cot tags was a dark squart topped with moon Icing. The little stream was a trickle of quicksilver among the shale. Judith looked . It and shuddered. She folt as though there were tears In her heart which trickled along . Ilk. quicksilver. All of her lite abe had wanted to belong to someone. Her father, em balmed In grief a. her mother's pass ing, bad been companionable, but she had felt her love for him was more maternal than his was pa ternal. Big Tom, In his loneliness, bad filled tbls need. . But Norman . , . she knew If he were to come in, slip an arm under her pillow tor a cushioned rest, and she were to awaken knowing be was there, her trust would be thrown to the winds tor fear of nights to come when there would be no pro tecting arc of arm. And yet abe knew If this hap pened she' would bate herself, and In time turn bitterly on Norman for causing her to disregard her own sense of what was right. pvKLPHV, round eyed, brought her U orange Juice at the usual hour. She surveyed the untouched pillow, said nothing, but tucked Judith In with unnecessary thoroughness con sidering she was about to rise. Then, glass clinking on tray, she stalked down the hall to the guest room, Judith chose her morning frock with a deliberate Intent to charm. She hnd one of yellow linen, .em broidered In marguerites, that Nor n.an hadn't seen. She put this on, brushed her black hair until It shone like lacquer, erased the tell-tale signs of sleepless early hours with clever artifice, then went for a stroll lu tho garden. There were a fe'. daffodils bloom ing. Judith studied their linclng heads, hesitated, then rogretfully snipped tbe long stems. Back In the breakfast room she laid the table with green grass llneu, a Bavarian breakfast set of Ivory rimmed with field flowers. It was gay, that breakfast table. Tbe sun slanted In through open windows and waimed Judith, who stood thrusting the stems of the daffodils Into an Ivory frog. Upstairs, Norman was splashing around, slamming doors with early morning thoroughness. In the kitchen Delphy was banging pans as If venting anger on tbe aluminum ware, and on the driveway Llge was Industriously raking wind scraps Into small heaps and burning them, the small pyramids sending up woodsy Incense In quivering spirals. Judith bummed as she worked. She beara the newsboy throw a paper to tbe porch, tailed to Llge that she would get It, and went out. Two morning newspapers lay there. She picked them up, uprolled them and smoothed them out, looking down towards tbe highway. As she turned to go In she glanced down, and stopped short. There, staring up at her was bar latest photograph, her best. In tbe next column was one of Matblls Bevlns. Between tbera were heaped sketched bags of money, Ave million dollars printed tboreon. Below was a picture of Norman. Stunned she read the caption: "Rightful Heir to Bevlns Money to Sue Millionaire Stenographer," Her eyes rejected this for some thing more surprising "Lampere plays trump card. Firm of Dale, Lampere and Morrison to take up Bevlna fight Husband may fight Wife In Effort to Regain Money for Boyhood Sweetheart" Judith atood on the veranda until she had completed the newapaper story. It was an Interview given by Morton Lampere. "We have tried to be lenient with Mrs. Dale. Because of her hueband," aid Mr. Lampere, following the meeting held In the offices of the Bevina ' Construction Company, "hut obviously, the power which comet with euch a sum of money has gone to her bead. "we anticipate no difficulty In breaKIng the will because we nave . plenty of evidence to prove that the young lady used undue influence la causing the ased gentleman" "Aged gentleman," cried Judith aloud, "the Idea of calling Tom Bev-, Ins aged at sixty-two!" "to change his will during tbe Ill ness which took his life. "My partners and 1 will exert every e.Tort to eee that Justice Is done to the bereaved widow and young daughter." The newspaper In fairness had given the same prominence to the story of the reorganisation of tbe Pevlns Construction Company. They used In their lead the fact that tbe three hundred workers at '.he dam, due to her spirited refusal to com ply with a request for resignation. would not lose a day's work. Judith felt heartened by this, but somehow everything save one line appeared to her to be written about someone other than herself. Tbe 11 t o that burned Into her mind was: ."Husband may fight wife to re gain money tor former sweetheart" NO wonder, thought Judith, that Mathlta Bnvlna hnd lauahert that triumphant laugh moan, ahe now know, for her ears. No wunder. Norman had been unable to face her. She walked Into the dining room "Delphy,"she called, "remove my plate." This done, she folded the news paper to that article and tipped It up against tbe bowl of daffodils that Norman might see It whon he sat down. She went then to the tele phone, called a cab, then went to her dressing room, locked the doors and packed her bags. Norman met her at the door as she waa leaving "Judith," ne pro tested, as he saw her bags. "You should thank me, Norman," she returned, "" m simply making things easy tor you. Lampere told us a wife could not appear against her husband and that rule works both ways. Desertion will provide you with grounds for divorce and you can ... as the morning paper ys, 'fight your wife to obtain mil lions for your former sweetheart" Sho was down the steps, the startlod cab drlvor behind her- -"To the Rice," ahe said. When they were on the highway she gave Clla's address. Because she worked for a morn ing newspaper, Clin worked nights and so waa still In bed when Judith arrived. She looked up from the telephone sbe bad wrangled to within arms reach of the bed, then spoke Into the mouthpiece "here she comes with Reno In her eye. It I don't mistake the signs she'll sob It out ri. my motherly shoulder. Okay, Slim, I'll call you later, stick around the field, I may need you." She slammed the rocelver on the hook "Had coffee?" she ssked, then take two steps left and bring up longslde that gas plate. 1 don't speak English until I've had two cups and three clgarets. Vou'U And the coffee In that little do-tunny on top of my dressor. (Copvrioht. Mil. bv Jeanne Bowman) Tomorrow, Clls alves some good ' advice. 10 VIA COAST. VISION GRANTS PASS, April 3 (API Fcrocmtlng connection of the North western Pacific rallroAd'i northern tr minal at Trinidad. California, with t'-.c Southern Pacific at Grants Tarv via the Crescent City harbor, O. Lantlng Kurd, secretary of the Smtn Fiona chamber of commerce, aridreaaed the local chamber here Monday Inviting participation In a railroad meeting at Santa Roea on April ' ' fn -Mrh a campaign for th trr. t i v" '-; w:lf b? orRantfd. b&U iiow 1 Uipa 4 fcclB 9fl ft I THREATENS LIFE 2-YEAR OLD GIRL SAM FRANCISCO, April 3. (UP) Medical men are exerting all their knowledge to save the life of a two-year-old girl threatened with suffo cation u the result of a bee sting Inside her throat. The condition of little Llndelle Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Martin of Marin county, Is serious. The child's nappy laugh changed to a scream a week ago when the bee flew Into her mouth and left Its stinger Imbedded In her throat. Her parents were bewildered as the child continued to scream. T.hey called physicians and Dr. Annie Lyle of San Francisco found the source of her agony. The baby's esophagus was swollen and the swelling extended into the bronchial area. A bronchoscopy per formed by Dr. Lyle and Dr. J. A. Bacher of Stanford hospital, where the child vas taken, revealed an Im mense swelling by the trachea. Throughout the week the child's breathing waa labored and her tern perature mounted alarmingly. Oxy gen was administered regularly. Hope of her recovery was held today. PEANUT GETS JAZZ L! Emory university at Atlanta, Ga., was named in honor of the Mthodist bishop, John Emory. . Ninety per cent of the 200 airplanes purchased by residents of China last year were Imported from the United States, LOS ANOELES, April 3 (UP) Ted Lewis, Jazz orchestra leader, waa named defendant today In a 27, 000 damage suit brought by Mrs. Georgenna D. Miller, who charged that he was negligent In the matter of peanuts. Mrs. Miller's complaint said she and her husband attended a theat rical performance at which Lewis and j his orchestra were showered with ' peanuts. When she arose to leave,! she stepped on a peanut in the aisle, 1 fell and fractured her foot, It was, charged. THE WORLD AT ITS WORST A 'historian has disclosed that a ! proposal for a project similar to the! All-American canal, near the Call-! fornia-Lower California border, waai Investigated by the war department! in 1853. ! Oklahoma City police found the loss of numerous automobile radla I tor caps was due to a collection fad among certain youths. 11AKE& ftfe mD MAM A knife "This mornimg- AklD rtlrt-f-rLES ALLTHbT COUGH OUTA ME "PlG&V BAMK. FORGAfc HONEY CNK.-in& WEEK-EMU'. AmiALii M- Pod iwww. ..... . THAT AMN MOR-E 5IMCE &TAr4DAr2C JA50UNtr . . t "TT-r-l ACLKfl v Mass" ' I I jj?", .' By GLUYAS WILLIAMS . ... ...-.. . .. ... .. . MM Sol VMV! AN AIR OF 6REft1 VIRTUE, JUNIOR REPOR-fS TO HIS FATHER TWKT THEV HAVE DECIDED NOT TO PLAY CATCH ON THE FRONT LAWN BECAUSE" THE GROUND IS 5TiLL TOO SOFT 't THIV MI6HT HURT Tr LAWN" I V ' ' 1 ly-3 (Copyright. 1954, be The Bell Syndiet. lne.) WILUAptf SCATTER POP- By 0. H. Payne r ITJIUK-JF I EVELTZ, '8C (. S -51! TAKB. wWf WL . u , T VOSI " V iET,Ii-L TUM-riLE. MAW i . y), .-srr- AJ6iiSiT05owKf i lor? I jfy yV -tzi ar &vEe onto J T3oTcaowi XrSTLijZJ) rs- t? x-r- V tD'3 Voo V V ) I h MSsI n il L . ft. Efg (Copyright. ISM, by Vh Soli Syndicete, Inc.). 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VOU (SUN OUT OF ' BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER A Few Explanations OUE&TIONS 1 WANT TO A?K SOU- FlCWT I OFf- HOW WAS THE YUCATAN AND aECONU WHV fXJESTHEHIP LOOK IN -SUCH fciOOD CONDITION AFTER , BEINQ UNDEH-- WATER FOR FIFTEEN THOSE ARE SENSIBLE pUESTIOMS, r THE YUCATAN WENT DOWN IN A HURRICANE ANL ALL ON BOARD ERE LOST SHET ,J.W' tADIOED FOR HELP BUT I RECKON SHE rfevJjS; WAS DOVON UNDER IN NO TIME BECAUSE JWl THE KMUiO DION'T HER POSITION J: ' 'V -THr ON1V TU Ufi THAT UflS KNOWN UA5 THAT SHE WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO mimu I M I !HKt5 IN HN HWI-UL LOT Ol" WATtR tuUWbt.T HAVE MY OWN THEORY T THINK A TIDAL WAJP PflllCiUT MFOAUAUCn UrQ WJHIN5T Pi KEEFflND 5NK AT ONCE.' By Edwin Alger IU GIVE VOL! THE RECONSTRUCTED IT fM I WIT UWn IVMINL Jjffl, ARE THERE VERY MANY O' THEM LES-WAVIN ' OCTOPUSSIES IN THEf WATER HEHEASOUTS? THE NEBBS Big Dough 3 U HI $ BOISE CALLED ME UP AMD VJiVMTS LIS TO COME TO HIS MOOSE TOR DiNWER TOMORROW. V.3AV5 HE OOESIO'T WAWT ME sTO TALK SHOP OIOTIL WERE .THROUGH WITW OURJOCIAL. OEM-IGATIOKJS. branch line And Is anxious to con nect the Southern Pacific-owned Una which serves the Redwood Empire nn mlt Una ritllrrM4' UlirA tnlil ' the meeting here. Ten Crescent City resident accom panied Kurd hero and pledged their support for construction 01 the Cres cent city .harbor. Hurt) said all tha communities on the Northwestern Pacific line In the California coast counties would be behind the rail extension move. LAND BANK BORROWERS MUST PAY ATTORNEYS Washington! April . ap) Borrowers from federal land banlta on farm mortgages must pay rea sonable attorneys feea incurred by those banks in foreclosure, proceed ings, but only when the attorney's services are absolutely necessary. The supreme court held this today In a case brought by the frdenil land bank of Berkeley. Cal against SAHiuej s- Yivw ai euwii . - HHP 1 ill IVl. II , HOVJ MUCH DO VOU SUPPOSE HELL. OFFER US FOR OUR NJORTHVILLE PROPERTY N ) A C OH, V OOUTKklOW.HES A BIG OPERATOR-WE DOESkJT DEAL INI SMALL FIGURES vwouldni't ee surprised HE OFFERED US A QUARTEP, OF A MILLIOMxS r By So) Hess WELL. MOTHER., &ET YOURSELF FIXED TO GO OUT AJOD BUY THIeJSS. NOUISE. p, MAklDSOME LOOKIMG. VAiDMAKJ ALL VOL) NJErFP li TUP J3R APERY .ASJD, INI THE VkIMTER.UIEU., I GO TO SUMMER. LANIDS AMD INI THE HOT SUMMER wtLL SO WHERE PERSP I RATION! IS ONILY A iNi the; 51CTIONIARY. OortntH 1W. T Tbl Ball treUetU. !.) Trd Hark Bag. U. B. m omet BRINQINO UP FATHER MR. JIGCb.VOU HAVE LOTS OF INFLUENCE IM THIS VILLAGE AJD IT 15 YOUR DUTV TO PUT A "oTOP TO tOSTUMES- l I ; M'jl. 0 HIS. Ki rmn I ' ' . j . '""! C"" ''" huh! put a stop to it- eh? not while cot my eve-Sight- By Qeorga McManui SEND OUT THE CHIEF of police an' a lot of cops-there.5 some people that Should be rum off the beach-
