PJQE TCTCUTT
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MTSDFORD, OREGON', WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934.
Judith Lane
by JEANNE UOWMAS
SYNOPSIS: Judith Halt. . ..
to build the Rto Diablo dam with
the I million dollar Big Tom
Bevlna left in hie wilt tor the our
pose has been complicated bu the
discovery that Morton Lamvere.
attorneu tor the Uevitte heire in a
euit to break the will, hat begun
mysterious activities htohcr up the
river. Then she pete a letter from
her husband, who sides with the
heirs aaalnst her. saving that he
intends to give up their home.
Chapter 88
THE ANSWER
JUDITH DALE wrote ar answer to
her husband's letter at top speed,
then raced down the hill to the Big
Tom post-offlce and mailed It before
he had time to change her mind.
In bed she tried to remember cer
tain portions of her answer. She
had written, "I'd as soon consider
cutting the house Into small bits
and keeping those parts as 1 would
taking part ot the furnishings tor
myself. Hlllndale Is an entity. To
bare a part of It would only remind
Do of what I hare lost'
Maybe seeing him wltb Mathllde
would cure her of ber obsession, tor
surely a love which could call forth
the acute emotional agony she was
uttering was an obsession.
She turned her face nto he pil
lows and tried to muffle the sobs
which shook her entire body, dimly
conscious that ber physical being
from the tips of her toes to the
dreadful pain In lier bead -was like a
sensitive machine racked by a pow'
r beyond her control.
The springs of Delpby'a bed
oreaked and caused ber to catch ber
breath and He quiet a moment Foot
steps shuffled to the kitchen, there
was the click of metal on metal and
a low-voiced monologue on a
"danged contraption tha'H 'cause
ma soul to sulfa fire for a cursln' If
Delpby was . heating chocolate.
The sobs ot her mistress turned to
hysterical laughter, and when the
old woman shuffled In a few mo
ments later she found Judith laugh
ing and crying In the same breath.
"There, there, '.'cnoy lamb; Juss
you shut yo' moutb an' drink this'
chocolate."
"How can I shut my moutb 'n'
drink?" Inquired Judith, with a hys
terical giggle.
"I'll rub yo' back down soon's
you finish It Wrought up you are,
wrought up, what with dam bulldln',
(hosts an' flyln' up where man's
never sposed to be you're all a
julver."
When Judith had finished the
"chocolate," Delpby, Ignoring her
protests, rubbed some home-made
concoction of menthol on the back
of ber neck and began massaging
her neck, her shoulders, her back.
When she awakened the next
morning she felt that something
dreadful which had been on the
verge of happening had happened.
Delpby served Ler breakfast, relat
ing some choice town gossip as she
hovered about the table, and Judith,
remembering her unselfish dovo
tlon, pretended to enjoy the Oaky
biscuits and to laugh at the gossip.
The change In her personal af
fairs made Delpby a fresh problem.
Bbe should send ber back 'to Nor
man or Mrs. Dale. She belonged to
them, but somehow, having her
made It seem she still retained some
hold on her husband. She would
let Delpby make tbe decision.
CHE, did that evening. The grow
" Ing heat ot the desert spring had
driven them to tbe little poroh In
front and pelphy, silent tor the mo
ment was watching the approach ot
the work train, crawling along like
black snake.
' She explained things briefly, then
waited for the old woman to answer.
"Miss Judy, d'you mean you don't
want me no mo'!" ahe asked plain'
tlvely.
"No, Delphy; not at all. But, as
Miss Bevlns said In Llge'i letter,
jou've always been with the Dales."
"Miss Judy, none a the rest of the
Dales needs me 'ceptln' you; and,
Miss Judy. I just got to be neoded."
Tears smarted In Judith's eyes at
.-the hunger In the old woman's voice,
"You're right, Delphy, and I do need
you . . . you know that don't youT"
Tbe train was In, the mall courier
coming up the hill. Judith's heart
beat like a tom-tom In spite of her
tern efforts to control a hope she
knew to be futile. Letters tor her
... she aoanned the handwriting.
Clla'a sarawL She tore open tbe
envelope, pulled ool the rough copy
paper, and out ot ihe mass ot letter
ing one line seemod to stand Il
lumined. "Norman has quit the firm ot
Dale, Iampere and Morrison."
Judltb read on breathlessly.
"The othet day In court. iom-
on laformtd ir. that llortiian
Dala'a ntnii had dlipij,rM trum
tha door ot the aim's nlflcaa, 1 tla-
R honed lhm and the alrl told me
orman waa out of town.
SILVER ADVOCATES TO
CONFER WITH PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. April lfl APt
Senator Kin; CD., Utah) Mid today
h hfld arrnnged for conRrroalonil
leaden of tha mova to remonetue
"IVhm i aakod whar 1 could
reach htm, -ha aald ho had Baked
that hla addreaa b kept aecret
Nor did ah know when be could
return nor when that address
would be available.
"(Watf'tlll 1 take a atory over
the phone . . . luat a mort, okay,
ready to go again)
"I asked to talk to Lampere. He '
waa aa amooth aa Silk, or aa uaual,
and aaid Norman had left town to
reau 1 aaked why hla reattng made
it neceaaary tor nia name to be re
moved and he aald Norman had
thought It advlaable aa he waa
liaule to remain away for aeveral
yeare, might never return, that due
to hla 'late embarraaament' (mean
ing you and the Bevlna money) he
might remain away permanently, -even
taking bar examinations In
aome other elate.
"I aald, bologna, and he aald,
what, and X repeated, how Inter
eating, may 1 uae this In a newa
atory. At that he nearly Jumped '
through the telephone at me.
"However, Judy-girl, In case you
don't all ready know It, your hue
band la no longer aasoclated with
Morton Lampere.
"Mathlle had ceased grieving In
Galveston, alnce Norman won hla
caae and returned here. She evi
dently found ahe could grieve here
aa effectively aa there and appears
now and then In publlo ptacea,
dreaaed In devaatatfng mourning
(how that girl can make clothes
apeak for her. 1 almoat amlled at
her the other day on Texas and .
Main, Juat becauae of the hat ahe
wore).
"And that reminds me. 8he :
framed Norman Into a picture :
Lampera'a aheet uaed in their roto
gravure. Seema Mra. Dale and
aome other woman won that fool ,
bridge tournament Froat of the
Union went down to take their pic- ,
ture. Norman was with hie mother
and went out on the terrace with
her, then aat down in a chair to
atudy aome papers he happened to
be working on.
"Mathlle, Mrs. Dale's shadow,
was not far away. She gracefully j
effaced herself from Mra. Dale's !
side ao she wouldn't interfere with i
the picture, and aat down close to '
Norman. Froat, having received his ,
orders, took them In thle coay two
eome, then turned his attention to
the other women.
"Norman waa ao abaorbed In his ,
work he didn't know what had
happened until he aaw the paper. ,
Waa he mad I If Lampere hadn't s
held him down he'd have wrecked
the Union, Froat and a few othere.
"I wonder if your Innocent
Scotchman lan't getting onto the
fact that Lampere Is using this
atufr to psychologize the puhlto
and get future Jurore Into be
lieving that Norman la the man be
hind the Bevlna women's light for
.your money." r .
JUDITH laid the letter aside for a
moment So that waa how that
picture was taken, and Norman
hadn't known. No longer with Lam
pere, he'd left tbe firm his grand
father had founded . . . that meant
either a tremendous concession or
a tremendous , disillusionment . . .
and that was why he hadn't bees
able to keep Hlllendale.
Poor Norman. She could see the
small-boy look of bewildered pain
on his face. He was too fine to un
derstand the motives behind the
others. "So straight 'bis head
touches his heels at times," Clla had
said. - '
With maternal fear, she won
dered what this cataclysm would do
. him, embitter him or send his
stubborn chin Jutting forward for
tresa battle? It only she could be
with him ... at least she could write
with relied encouragement
There were other pages of gossip
auri other letters, but the sight of
Cunard coming up bill waring tele
grams erased them from ber mind.
"We're won this far," he greeted.
"They're sending an Injunction In
from the Stale commission, with
rangers to follow. I'll leave In the
morning for Austin, and arrange to
meet Scathborne Informally, then
If necessary, we'll have a bearing."
Cunard left Big Tom Town the
following morning. "Not that we're
won yet Judy," he admonished.
These fellows are too slippery to be
trusted. Keep your eyes and ears
open and whenever Slim comes
down bare him take you for an air
cruise over Scathborne's holdings.
I'll hare a list of hla holdings sent
up from Del Mar."
A few days later she received
word that Scathborne had agreed
to abandon his dam. "He agreed too
readily," wrote Cunard. "I think he
has something else up his sleere.
Watch for It."
Slowly the days passed. Judith
watched the malls eagerly and arter
a lapse ot time was surprised to find
b"r last letter to Norman returned
unopened. A tpost office (tamp. In
formed her that the "Addressee has
moved, left no forwarding address."
The same mall brought word from
Llge which stilled the fear In Jud
ith'! heart "Ma'ss Norman had
dress In his hawk! cloves an' gone
huntln.'."
"Mrs. Dale, ahe say she don't
know where he gone, hut she ain't
worrying none so I guars she know.
She's lookln' after Hill and Dell,
which la been loose to Mis and Mil
ter D Mao. from Boston. Tbey Is
French and Boston which It same ai
United States and they sure la nice.
Rose she like thm line. They think
this house sure l - pretty and didn't
make no change what-all."
Judith gave a deep sigh ot rollef,
(Copyright. ISJJ, by Jeanne Bowman)
Judith, tomorrow, Is
reason to worry.
allver to confer with President Booae
Vf It Trtuwday.
King told reporter he did not
know who would be Invited to tha
conference, but aaeuived the commit
tee representing tha aenat atlver
bloc, ot which he la chairman, would
he Included.
CROSSED EYES YIELD
TO INSTRUMENT MADE
BY CALIFORNIA PROF.
BERKELEY, Cal. (UP) Straight
ening ot crossed eyes, once consider
ed Impossible, waa being accomplish
ed In the University of California
optometry clinic through use of an
Instrument perfected by Prof. Fred
erick Mason, lecturer In optometry.
The device, which operates by
means of light projected directly Into
the retina, trains and re-educates
crossed eyes to act slmultanlously
and correctly.
Stimulation of the brain functions,
which make two eyes see as one la
the principle upon which the instru
ment works, Dr. Mason revealed. Two
small "targets" viewed through lenses
and magnified by them, serve to fo
cus the eyes, the first and most im
portant step In the process. The
targets are enclosed In optical ays
terns which can be fixed before each
eye, -
Mason further explained that these
systems are operated by means of a
motor, ao. that the targets viewed by
the eyes move to and fro along a
horizontal line forcing the eyes to
follow them simultaneously, regard
less of the state of crossing.
At first the systems are so ad
Justed that light Is poured through
the pupil of the eye in spits of Its
direction. As the patient "works"
on the machine, the eyes gradually
are moved more and more toward
a normal point until the eyes are
"educated" to act properly.
"All eyes cannot be straightened,"
Dr. Mason explained. "Treatment Is
useless unless it la possible to stimu
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REVENUE MEASURE IS
TO
WASHINGTON, April 18 (AP) In a
more foreshadowing the possible veto
of the 9480,000,000 revenue bill, the
senate today returned the measure to
the house without seeking reconsider
Uncle Nat's Plea
IjJP JS& a great big-tank.'. I -
ation of taxes on Philippine coconut t
oil opposed by President Roosevelt. I
President Roosevelt has Indicated j
he would veto the legislation If trie
coconut oil levies are retained. He
maintains that action violated the
Philippine 'independence act.
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ROME, Italy, April 18. (AP)
Wheat acreage reduction on a world
wide scale was. outlined this after-'
noon by the world wheat advisory j,
commission. Just at a moment when!
its labors were about to end, it found 1
Itself faced with what Is perhaps '
the most important subject of its
meeting.
k i By 0. M. Payne
PATERNAL FEEDING
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FtfDINS, DECIDES fOlkY 6UILE
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tul, smacking m ups
PATS TOMMy, SMACKS LIPS
AND SflVS M-M-M.WHAT
DEUO0U& 6RUEL
Af THIS POINT DISCOVERS
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NECKHE
(Copyright, 1934. by Tha Bell
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