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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, JfEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY; ' APRIL 12. 1934.
Judith Lane
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C"tI'b-llo UvMdMf te f lit-rru-(l0iv
frv Aer 9'ef employ
er, iiip Tom Aavtiw, uitk money
ifsvln Aad let Judith or ia pur.
po. Juduh't AtMband, .VrtnaH,
tides apotiwl W and uMA IA 0v
liw heir, w Ac wUA Morton r.am
perre Aftp hope re orea rAt will. 4
ddfpatt&N 0 (As "natlvas" Arts
oome to fAs Utile tpoorffn Aouia
that it Judith's headquarter.
, Chapter 28
JUDITH'S LETTER
lUIllTrt DALE stepped to the door
J to jjrevt the natives ot Big Tom
- Town. She expected to see the same
scrawny, III nourished crowd she
bad left there eight months before.
True, Blr Tom had arranged loans
for the beads ot the families, and
he herself bad arrnngnd to have
cases of canned milk sent In, but
even at that she was unprepared for
the' change.
The peupli who stood before her
were not cowed, broken, lifeless In
dividuals, they were sturdy, self
respecting land people. The new
confidence born In them with proper
nourishment and hope for tbe fu
ture, showed In the carriage of tbe
men, the clothing of the women.
"Miss Lane , . . that Is Mrs. Dale,"
Bcogglns the leader was speaking
In a sonorous voice, "we have come
phlnium located Slim Sanford In
the main office on the brink ot the
cut "Ma's Slim," she puffed, "If
you don't come long up there an'
light that contraption in my kitchen.
Miss Judy wou't never get nothln' to
eat . , . what wllli that stove and that
passel ot folks slttln' there braggln'
bout wbo's got tbe splnklnest gap
den, I'm a mind to pack ber borne,
bag and baggage. Ten o'clock. Mass
Slim, ten in the mo'nln an' sbe ain't
bad her orange Juice yet."
Judith was writing when they
reached the house, writing a lettei
with line, firm strokes of tbe pen.
There was no hesitation now ... no
nibbling ot pen-end for words: The
came clearly as though spoken lr
an incisive voice,
"Dear Norman : I know how un
explalnable my conduct must seem
to you. X won't Iniult you with an
apology, 1 have followed my con
victions. Just ae you have followed
yours. Some dsy i hope that we
may understand each other better.
Our love, at least my love for you.
Is not In question, it Is true and
steady, but had 1 stayed to forget
my trust. It would have turned to
bitterness.
"I am comfortably housed In a
shack built by the boys, In the lee
of the rock where we sat through
the storm. Delphy, as Uge may
have told you, followed me to the
depot, insisting upon accompany
ing me, so 1 wilt be well cared for. ,
I hope I may hear from you
occasionally, because regardless of
all that has happened, my affection
for you has never havered.
"JUDITH."
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to bid you welcome to the city of
your "
But Judith had spied the children.
The small one who had hovered
elose to ber boots months before
was back tugging at her band. She
looked down into a rosy, smiling
face.
"Delphy," she cried to tbe old wo
man, "see them, look at this pre
cious butter ball . . , and only last
August she was as thin as a rail , . ,
oh, and Tommy Scogglns come here,
you Immense creature . , . and look
t little Timothy, If be Isn't tbe pic
ture of health"
"He wouldn't a boon no picture
it all without your special food,
you sent him," declared Scogglns.
Judith was suddenly contrite
"I Interrupted your nice welcoming
speech, can you forgive me?"
Scogglns laughed with the others
"Don't need to make one now. We
folks got to thinking. Now that Miss
Judy's got Ave million dollars and
been Hvln' swell and wearln' grand
elothos, we'd bettor try to act up to
ber ... but pshaw," ho exclaimed,
."here you come back In your same
old clothea we admired so much, an'
llkln' our klde. You don't need no
speech to make you know you're
welcome, you kin see how we feol
'thout us usln' big words."
"OU bet I can, Mr. Scogglnt . , .
1 oh say, how's your garden do
ing this year; you've had more rain,
haven't you?"
"Miss Judy , . , you should see my
pole beans."
"Pole beans," scoffed Duoiway,
"why Ihey ain't nothing'. I'll bring
"iOOD morning, Small-Jude," said
'J Sanford from the door.
"Morning, Tall-Slim," she retort
ed. 'Had breakfast? Hours ago? You
make me feel like a sluggard, but
you will have some of Delphy's cot
fee with me, won't you?"
"I will, then I must fly back to
Houston. Any messages. letters oi
what-nots, you want to send back?"
JudltU thought ot her letter, re
membered Norman's attack on San
ford, and decided it had better go
via tbe regular mall, so she wrote
hasty notes to Cunard and to Clla
while Delphy "cuddled" eggs and
brewed coffee.
They bad breakfast on the porch.
and Judith, basking In Sllm's silent
admiration, In tbe love ot the na
tives and the staunch loyalty ot ber
men, found her first moments of
happiness since Big Tom's death.
After she had watched Sllm's shin
take oft and wing Into the east, sbe
stood on her tiny porch and looked
down on the dam. For a full half
hour she enjoyed the luxury ot Idle
thoughts and dreams, then turned
to the bouse, thence to the office, and
for the next forty-elgbt hours hard
ly paused In checking the work's
progress, with the plans Tom Bevins
had left behind.
Tired, but with a new content,
ment, she stood the evening ot the
second night, watching the work
train in from Laredo. There might
be mall on this, a letter from Nop
man.
She waited as they sorted tha
mall, tried to be patient with tbe
young courier who brought her
OLDEST MASON
10 BE
Fort Orford Masonic lodge h&s
completed arrangements to take care
of the largest crowd of Masons ever
assembled at one time In the history
of southwestern Oregon, Saturday,
April 14th, at 8:30 p. m.
Communications .have been re
ceived from lodges all the state sig
nifying their Intention of having
their lodge well represented at this
gathering. Members of the Curry
county lodges are Joining with the
Port Orford lodge to make this a
red-letter day In the history of big
gatherings In the county.
Occasion for the mammoth gath
ering Is to honor the oldest Mason In
the United States, Willis T. White.
Sr., who Joined the order In Prince
ton, Maine, January 17, 1667, at the
age of 31. He celebrated his 88th
birthday November 1st of last year,
making him 67 years a Mason. He
demltted from Lewy Island lodge.
No. 138, F. Sc A. M., Princeton, Maine,
In 1918, and became a charter mem
ber of the Port Orford Lodge, No.
170, A. r. & A. M.
Shortly after being made a Mason
he became secretary of bis Maine
lodge and was the first secretary of
the Port Orford lodge, which position
he held for several years. Port Or
ford lodge le proud to ,hold the dis
tinction of having the oldest mem
ber among Its membership as well
aa having the most western Masonic
lodge In the United States.
Mr. White will be escorted from his
home to the lodge hall by grand of
ficers o the state and will .hold the
seat of honor at the banquet.
Invitations have been sent to all
lodges In the state of Oregon and
northern California. State police will
have charge of handling of traffic
and taking care of parked cars dur
ing the evening.
Rhodendrons are In full bloom
making It a delightful trip over the
Oregon coast highway at this time
of the year.
ROSE WRECKER GIVEN
LIFE TERM IN PRISON!
punni.Es
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
RAWLINOS, Wyo.. April 13. (AP) ,
Horace O. Lovett today pleaded
guilty to a charge- ot wrecking the
fast Portland Rose passenger train
of the Union Pacific last March 9.
was Immediately sentenced to a life.
term in prison.
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you up a mess of crooked nock
squash 'fore bis beans get more'n
blossoms on them."
"Have you ordered your trees yet,
Mr. Scoflcld?" she asked a small, shy
man on the other fringe.
"Sure have, Miss Judy, waiting for
the dam' to ha in 'fore their deliv
ered, though, so'a they won't get
washed out 'fore they are rooted."
"Mlsa Judy," spoko up his wife,
"ronicruber them rags I was about to
burn and you told me not to? Well
I dyed them like you said and I got
the prettiest crocheted rug In Big
Tom Town."
An hour later, a distracted Del-
handful and stopped to chat, then
hastily she ran through them. Busi
ness letters, forwarded Invitations,
forwarded letters, a personal note
from Cunard, one from Clia, but
none from Norman.
She sat in the home made canvas
cbalr the boys bsd built tor porcb
use, sat and stared at tha rapidly
growing dam, and remembered thai
It waa almost In this same spot she
had sat through the storm wltb
Norman.
fCopyrloAf, by Jeanne Bowman)
Delphinium cets
morrow.
a letter, to
TI
New bliuM Infections are now
showing up In several orchards and
growers are warned by County Agent
Wilcox to be on the watch and take
steps to bred off any serious out
brcntta of this disease.
Te Bone variety Is showing the
mtxi .nfrctlonft at this time, the dia
riw r mm nee being made In the
yo fruits. The small pears turn
k.nr'.;. f.s.rlv and have the charnc
tc.li'-lc gum droplet on their sur
face. In cutting this type of blight one
should pay particular attention to
the spur located on the large scaf
fold branches. Bee that Infections
do not go unnoticed on this type of
wood, for a loss of one of these
branches mean a los of one-third
to one-fourth of tiie tree.
IT nnHT nnrnnn Rhodendrons are In full bloom of the Union Pacific last March 9, I I M U V I
A I U I U I IIUMIkII maWo Jt a delightful trip over tw was Immediately sentenced to ft life. ( L v J V C?" V k ) I
HI rillll lJrUlU rc8n coa8t highway at this time , term In prison. J W? . . jf V V f cH-k , BvM
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during the confusion after the re-i WT taafer "CsS r'T I
rallment but loet his nerve. I ) 7 I J ) II I I
There were no death, or s.rlou. In-1 I ( L A - HJ- V
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HOPE OF AIRPOI
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ASHLAND, April 13 (Spl 1 The
Ashlsnd slrport Improvement Is not
a desd Issue, despite the sppsrent In
arllvity on th Issue at prevent. s
cordlnii to city ofllrlaU.
The organlration tisnitlmit such
projects la considering a new anile,
which might result In the establish
ment cl a transient's omsniratlon
at the local airport site, the work to
D done over a lonner period oy the
members ot the organization.
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