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PAGE FOURTEEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1934. Judith Lane bff JEANS K UOWMAX BYSUPtilb: Jiuluh Oaf ha gnnt to fiio Diablo dam to super vise it construction according to tli instructions in the will of Ulg Tom Be vina, htsi former employer. Jievina has left Judith hi ?or tune to be spent on the dam. Hut her husband Norman aide against her, and with Morton Lamvere, hi law partner who i trfjino to break the will in favor of Mrs. Revin and her ilaujhter Mathite. The mail lust has name, but there i no letter from Vor man. Chapter 29 OELPHY'S LETTER MIZ DALE," Delphy oomo from the house, full of now dignity and Importance, "I have a letter ho'ah an 1 done to'got to bring my rend in' glasses. Would you-all read It to me?" Judith nodded. She Haw through the ruse. Delphy belonged to the generation which could neither read nor write, but proud oC their chil dren's ability, dreaded to admit their own lack. She took the letter and with the light shining through the door at her shoulder, read: "Dear Mammy-Delphy. 1 guess you don't suspect to hear from me o soon" "That'll be from Llge," contrlb j ted Delphy. Judith nodded and wont on. "Hut 1 ffot something to worry me. Mis tor Norman, he come long home . irom uaiveston trie nigm you-au loft and he sure was upaettlcd. Norman's wife looked up, star ;led. "Delphy, I don't know that 1 have a right to read this letter" She i tailed to suggest she ask one of the boys to read It, then afraid of what It might contain, went on reading. "tie brims' Mix Dale and A!ls Tilly with thim. They waa sposed to talk to Mlz Judy. "Al later Norman he aik me where In Mlz Judy. 1 tell him she pond to the dam-devil and Miss Tilly, ihe mnke a Joke from It. Bhs say she told him o and Mister Norman he It down quick and he say did ihe leave a letter (or him. "I tell him she didn't and he say where Is Delphy and 1 lay ahe it arone with Mil Judy, and Mlia Tilly ahe say. Mia Judy nave her nerve ' when Delphy done rnlee him for Mli Judy steal you way." "Did she say fftatT fumed Del phy. "She allays has been the cuss sdess girl fn the world. Qo on Mir Dale." l tetl Mies Tilly, right sharp, that Mis Dale didn't know you was !:olng. 1 tell her Delphy she say site real quality und she suing to take care of tier and I tell her you took goose grease and flannel an a brick and choc late. Mister Norman he Isuth some thon like he Feel bet ter and he say where did Delphy get the money an I tell him you got It from mo and he say he sure pay me bnck but I tell him you wen It hones shootln' orap and he lausrh aomo more. Uut ho pay me anyhow and now 1 got eighty dot lars and 1 think I bolter marry Rosa Williams 'cause she got twenty left from hor drat- hus band's funeral and we can put It In the bank and so to Galveston for our trip. 1 ntk Mlz Dale, you know, old Mlz Dale, ir aim think (hat Is a good plan and Miss Tilly she sprnk up and she say It Is, 'cause tf Del- Rny was going to stay 'till Master orman got ready to take Mis Dale back I'd be too old to marry" Judith put the letter down a mo ment. So she had had a right to be Jealous of Math lie, and Norman was through. Queer to be reading of It, seeing the things she saw through the penciled scrawl of a servant. "tyHAT does ho mean, Mia Dole?" ' questioned Delphy, puzzled. "Goodness only knows," answered Judith and turned again to the let ter. , "Mister Norman he Is gone up stairs when she say this, but Mlz DhIo she don't like It none. I didn't go long with him because I ain't never forgot the time Mister Nor nmit hnd his tenth blrthilnv and 1 had mine namo lime. Mister Nor man, he say I chu have tho no of candy, the biggoHt one with tho red how. then ho go way and Miss Tilly she stole that box right outen from undpf my eyns nml nho sav she lmvo Ulg Tom boss whip me if I tfll. I didn't want hir to steal nothing from Mlz Dale so 1 stay. Judith put the letter down again. What Mathlle was stealing from her couldn't be seen with the physical eye, but It was more vnlunble than any treasure In Hlllendale. "Read on," prompted Delphy. "Miss Tilly she acted up juss Ilko she own the hoimo. She mnke snmo tn Ik nbout how eme'd put the dAiivennrcli by the sun window and thru Miz Dale the sprnk up right slmrp Hhe say 'Mason here. Mn tllly. phe any. dnn't you go long holilln' no wnke 'till the patient li ' sum nun dnlriV "Mammy Delphy. whvd didn't yon-all tftl me Mis Dale, our young Mlz Dale was so sick?" "Mlsa July, what do he mean by thru?" Judith looked up. her eyes hot with humiliation and bright with tears. "I think ho didn't understand what Mrs. Dale said. She meant that Miss Mathlle mustn't . . ." she sought for a word the woman would under stand, "mustn't gloat over Mr. Nor man divorcing mo until It had ac tually taken place, and then she mustn't think she's going to move BELL OF ANCIENT SHIP DRAGGED OUT OF BAY BAN FRAN CISC. April 13. UV trom a watery crypt, 100 fathoms THE FLAVOR IRRIGATION CHIEF SreM 111 nnrn iiinini it mi into Hlllendale until Ulster Norman marries her." "Mis Dale, Is you and Mister Nor man going to get a dee-rorce?" It was a personal question and II Delphy badn't sacrificed her own comfort, In fact everything pertain ing to herself In her teal to take care of her "Mis Dale," Judith might have resented It, As It was she could understand. "I hope not, Delphy. 1 don't want a divorce. You and I both know that Mister Norman Is the finest man In the world." "Sure do," affirmed Delphy, then, "But, Miss Judy, how come you run away and leave blm 'thout you don't want to?" Judith put Into words the old wo man would comprehend what had led up to her taking Big Tom's place at the dam. DELPHY Interrupted "I see," she said, and proceeded to condense Judith's wordy explanation Into a line. "Big Tom wanted the dam built for good, 'n' old Lamps-eai be wanted It built tor evil." She studied a moment then arose. 'WJic Dale, you gotta stay right hore, you 'n'me. We gotta stay right lioro 'till that dam la finish, else Old Mister Tom, he'll come back and hant you the rcsta' your days. Judith paid little attention to Delphy tho next day and so did not see her In conference with Goodwin, a young onglneer with whom she, Judith, had gone to college, nor did she talk to that delighted young man until after the mall had gone out the day following. "Say, Judy, that old servant ot yours Is a card," he confided that evening. "She had me write to ber son Llge, because she forgot her 'fountlng pen." " "She asked you to wrlto." Judith was alarmed. She not only had hoped to know what went into Del phy's letters but to protect berself frpm word of her personal affairs getting out Into Big Tom Town. "Yes, she said you were too busy. I thought you'd get a kick out ol bearing some of the things she had me write. For Instance, she said you were eating your heart out for Mis ter Norman, but scared to come home, for fear Big Tom's ghost would come along after you and shoo you right back. She bad me tell Llge that you took all ot your on ders from this ghost and sbe thought you were his me-Jum." , "Mejum?" questioned Judith, then with a wall "Oh, dear she meant me dium, can't you Imagine what a deli cate morsel of gossip that will be after Llge spreads It with bis usual elaborations? Anything else!" "Nothing much. She said tor him to take good care ot Mister Norman and make sure Rosa Williams didn't starch his cuffs In hot weather, and If MatlHy came over he was to put art sink In her coffee." "Art sink?" questioned Judith. "Arsenic," Interrupted Goodwin, "Ob, my goodness, 1 hope Llge doesn't take her sorlously." "I hope he does," Goodwin con tinued half humorously.' "1 Imagine a lot ot us would rest easily If Ma tllly swallowed a dose of somothlng of the kind. Seen today's paper? Ot course, you haven't. The boys brought one In on the hand car. Lampere's succeeded In having the case moved up on the calendar, they called for a jury this morning." Judith's breath caught In a quick gasp. Sha ronllsed Bhe mustn't let her alarm spread to even the most unimportant Junior engineer In the place. "Goodwin," she confessed, "I've been so busy I haven't even thought ot Ihe will contest." "You must be pretty sure ot win ning." ho Bald. "Woll, It Big Tom built his defense as well as he fore cast the specifications on this dam we're all safe." "Yes," said Judith quietly. The conversation drilled on Idly, roturnlug, Judith realised, to the sub ject of Big Tom Bovlns with aston ishing frequency. Ilevlns had been a leading light In the business world, she knew woll. Now she was learning from Goodwin that he was a legend among even the engineering students In the Toxns schools. "I think sometimes," said Good win, "that he was helping half the young would-be englnoers In Texas. I know ho helped me." "And me." But Judith found It difficult to con centrate even on Big Tom's virtues with the menace of Lampere always In the back ot her mind, and was glad when Goodwin rose. After be had loft sbe went to her chair on the little front porch. The dam was being constructed by loyal hands, no chance ot subterfuge, faulty material, dishonesty there Would the will contest have the same chance?" (C'opirtoM, (, by J.ann. Bowman) Tomorrow, Judith has a visitor. deep off the Pnrnllone Islands, the Consolidated richer If a trawler. Junta, today dragged the corroded bronae ahlp'a bU of the Yankee clipper. Noon Day, which foundered with all hand aboard January 1, 1863, Jiat outside the Ooldrn Gate. LOCAL CONDITION Orchards of the Med ford Irrigation district have been fairly thoroughly soaked by the use of flood waters from Butte and Bear creeks, accord lng to Manager Olen Arnspiger. This con dt ion means two things. Engineer Arnspiger states: . It will give the orchard land a moisture supply until well Into June, thus conserving the Irrigation stor age water and permit the use of flood water now, for general farming and gardening in the Medford irrigation district. All creeks In the valley, Including Little Butte, Big Butte and Bear creek, are now falling, according to Manager Arnspiger. Orchardlsts and farmers are hop ing for June rains, such as fell In pioneer days but have not been very regular of late years. The water conditions are not so good In the Talent district, which has small flood water privileges. Refunding of the Talent Irrigation district bonds via a loan from the Federal Reconstruction Finance cor poration la progressing, according to Arnspiger, but slower than for the Medford district. The Talent bondholders' committee In Portland desires to procure more than the approximate 35 per cent which the government has agreed to loan the Talent district and, In or der to expedite the refunding and bring the matter to a culmination, the Talent district .has made a pre- 8 MATTER POP THE NEBB8 On The Dotted KJOVW MEBB. 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On this basla about 9900,000 of the 91,147,000 of Medford Irrigation district bonds outsandlng have been pledged 9700,000 having already been Line TO li YOl IMTD OUST AMD SELL VEAR AKJD 1 -ADO AMD WO?TW t i agreeable to the 40 per cent settle i ment. j Those Interested In arranging these j loans to the Irrigation districts are I ! anxious that the deals be completed j as. In addition to the payment to ! j the bondholders of their portion of I ' t.he loans, It will clear the financial j , situation . considerably, permitting i many farm owners to borrow from ' governmental agencies, whereas at ' present, because of the uncertainty of the situation, they cannot nego i tlate loans. (oBT IO, OOO CASM.TWA.T'S jl A TIP A-NJO ?200,000 IKJ STDC 1 LOOULDWT 6E AFRAID RI&KT TO OFFElt Jf 300,000 vwiTWINJ A POR YOUR HOLDIPOSS - THAT IS IF A&Ree TO VMROVtf MOOR. ABILITY MA&METlSM IMTD AaAiusr our THATS ALL IKJ THE WORLD AT ITS WORST III I i i I ' ' By C. M. 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