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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBtTN'E, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1934. page ttcn Judith Lane by JEASKK BOWMAN SYKOPBIS: The teet well Judith Dale ie linking to prove to the Sooggine family that there ie no oil -on a piece of ground Scoggtne hotde that if neceaaary to the lilo Utablo dam, hae been blown up in a etorm Julith la building the dam with money telt her by Bio Tom Uevlne tor the purpose. And ehe haa eeen her huaband, Norman Dale, in the oamp of Uarton Lampere, who Ie trying to obatrutt Judlth'e work, and to recover the Bevina money tor ilra. Bevina and her daughter. Chapter 39 CALLERS COME 'pHE Btorm was over, the clean x cool air that followed In Us wake blew through Judith's house. Delpby sniffed It gratefully as she stood at the kitchen door, then sniffed back towards the kitchen and waddled rapidly across the floor towards the stove. "Dlcln t burn, she said with a sigh of relief, and drew a golden brown upside down cake from the oven. Carefully then she went over her menu for the evening meal. She went to the front door and looked down the hill. Judith Dale was coming up alone. Her clothing, dripping wet from the still falling rain, olung to her slim figure, her hair hung In bedraggled wisps, even her shoulders seemed slouched un der some sodden weight As sbe came close she looked up and Delpby wondered If the wet drops glistening on her cheeks were rain drops or tears. "Look at cha," she growled, like a mother bear, "Just look. Like a drownded rat, hair a bangln'. What you suspect to do, take yo' death a cold? Come long In here and git In your tub. Take those wet clothes Off" .' . ' .. She started peeling the garments from the unprotesting girl as she scolded, handed her a flannel robe and went to All tbe canvas tub. Still Judith said nothing. Obediently she went to the tub, bathed, dressed In dry clothing and came back to the main room to sit down in a chair and tare stupidly at the door. Delphy carried In a small tray with a oup of strong, black coffee and Judith sipped It dutifully. "Miss Judy," Delphy could stand her silence no longer, "what you-all grlevin' for. What's happent?" "I'm not grieving, Delphy, I'm Just , . , Just sunk, that's all." "You mean cause that well done blew up?" "It didn't blow up, Delphy, light nlng struck the derrick. There was a leak In a drum of fuel oil that blew up and caused the other drums to go." "Laws a-me," confided Delphy, "I done thought Judgment Day were here sure-miff. I could Just hear Oabrlel a blowln' his ho'n an, Miss Judith," Delpby giggled a little, "I most made up my mind to send Llge back his money, wbat's left of It, 'cause I didn't play lioness, I was too scared a losln' and not gettln' to come long with you." "TT. DID make an awful noise; thank Heavens everyone was over here on the hill. The debris flew for hundreds - of yards, and one piece went right through one of the motor truck houses. From the way Mamie Bcogglns Is acting you'd think I'd ordered the lightning In." "You mean she say you have to build another one?" "Yea Delphy, and I haven't the money." Sbe didn't know why she was confiding In the old woman, but the had to talk to someone and goodness knew that no one bad been more faithful, "you see, In our contract, I agreed to see they dug or drilled to the five thousand foot level. They are only down three. Delphy , , . why does everything have to go wrong?" ' "Reckon' it's the Devil's Dam, Miss Judy, but everything ain't a goln' wrong. That there llghtnln' was throwed down there by Mister Tom's ghost. He done see what misery them Scogglnses wore bring In' you. But don't you worry none. Ma'ss Norman, he'll come 'long back. Some a these days '.hat bad boy, I knows him, and then everything will be all right." Judith started to eat to please Delphy, then found she was really hungry, the food delicious. "Delpby," she said, as the old woman appeared with a triangle of cake, topped with a cloud of whipped cream, "what did you mean when you said Mr. Norman would be com ing back? You know 1 left Hllten dale, he didn't leave me." "Miss Judy, Ma'sa No'm, he left you, ntore you left Hill and dell." "What do you mean Delphy?" "It Ma'ss Norman had been united to you in solemn matrimony, he wouldn't a acted like he done." . "But Delnhy we were... united " BIG SIGN ADVERTISES FORTHCOMING JUBILEE Through the courty of the Trl- State Neon company of Medford, a,wnen 0r(,(on w , 7Mh Isrge diamond Jubilee celebration j anniversary In Medford, Jacksonville Neon sign waa placed across South I and southern Oregon. 3vl !$ mm jarrm' 111 nnnnrnT nxinrrun "I know by the preachers, but yon didn't think alike, and 'cause you wouldn't think united solemn-Ilka with Ma'ss Norman be done set about doln't things his way. I raised him, Miss Judy, 1 knows." "Delicious cake." said Judith, a new note of confidence in her voice, then looked up. Delpby'i back had straightened like a ramrod. "He'ah comes them white tras'h now," she uald and Judith, leaning forward, saw the Bcogglns family approaching. Judith left the table, told Delpby to clear It quickly, and met the trio at the front door. She glanced In astonishment at the ahlmmer ot sequins aa Mra. Scogglns removed a rain sodden coat, and noticed In a second glance that her pretty, vapid, face bad been thickly coated with powder to hide tear stains. Tommy, In long trousers and his first white collar, was very serious. Judith couldn't tell whether it was an expression worn for the solem nity ot the occasion or the dignity of his new clothes. And then she turned to Scogglna, senior. He wore the shabby town suit he bad probably bought tor bla big adventure when he left Arkansas years before, and had saved for momentous occasions. From his in ner pocket he was drawing his copy of the contract ahe had made with him, three months before. Judith winced. He had come, aa CUa would have said, "To put the screws on the torture chair." He was going to prove that she had promised "Mrs. Dale," She realized he was using his ora torical voice reserved for impor tant occasions "we have gathered here this evening to tell you" "Please sit down," Judith inter rupted. She felt, her knees were go ing to buckle under her. "AIRS. DALE," Scogglns repeated tbe opening salutation of the speech he was Intent upon making. He alone of the trio had remained standing, "we bave gathered here this evening to tell you that we have seen a great light. "In deepest hum hum hum " "Humiliation," prompted Tommy In a stage whisper. "Humiliation we have come to tell you that the aword of the Lord has cut the blindness from our eyes." Judith had Interrupted one of Mr. Scogglns' declamations, she didn't Intend to Interrupt another, but ahe did wish he would get to the point. Word after word rolled in sonorous tones from his tongue. Oc casionally whole sentences would remain In Judith's mind, such as "Big Tom Bevlns found us on the banks of the Rio Diablo, destitute, beggars, starving. He shared his food with us and then he lifted us up and gave us a chance to be hu man beings again." There was more of this extolling Big Tom and Big Tom's unselfish generosity. ,'.- ' 'And what did I do for him?" barked the little man suddenly. "I listened to the serpent's voice. The woman tempted me with riches and I fell." ' Judith was glad CUa Sanford waan't present Miss Judith, thst Is, Mrs. Dale, have you a match?" came suddenly at the end ot a wordy declamation. Judith motioned , Delphy, who brought In a box ot matches, admira tion for the "white tralsh" who could use words like he could, shining In ber black eyes. Scogglna struck a match, let the flame burn to gold, then holding the contract in one hand, tbe match In the other he said "The swore ot the Lord burned the altar ot Mammon. So will I burn this contract." There was a flash of lire, and Scogglns, suddenly human, dropped the burning contract on the floor while Delphy shuffled away for a pan ot water. Judith was hysterical. An over whelming desire to laugh, an over whelming desire to cry aud an over whelming sense ot relief each fought for supremacy. Scogglns saw the tears In ber eyes and nodded with satisfaction, then lapsing Into his natural tone of voice said "Land sakes, Miss Judy, didn't you think the Mexicans had crossed the border with big guns when them there drums started explodln'?" Judith was relieved at his normal uue and started talking with ani mation. She could see Delphy stand ing by the kitchen table, eyeing tht remains ot her up-side-down cake as It trying to decide whether or not the 8cogglns family were worthy of It. The oratory of Thomas, Senior, evidently won for ahe put on the coffee pot and started clicking cake plates together, (Copyrloht, WU, by Jeanne Bowman) Judith takat a trip, tomc-r-v Riverside avenue yesterday. The California Oregon Power company cooperated In hanging the large piece, The sign Is attractive and will attract ttntlon of many trawlers ot. CO KM SYS tM "unwarranted exenw anboth" to J Flue-cured tobacco growers ofj nniWrr) I IP17M0IMP Agricultural economists of North i 5,000.000 from the federal govern.' - AW AM Abolishment of the compulsory drivers license examination now re quired by law of alt motorists, con solidation of the drivers license de partment with the motor vehicle di vision, abandonment of biennial re newal of drivers licenses and conse quent fees, and transfer to the state police department of all enforcement duties in connection with the drivers license department were reforms ad vocated by Carle Abrams, candidate for secretary of state, in a speech at Bend today. Abrams scored Vie present drivers license department declaring, "that the expensive set-up of this depart ment was originally organized as a part of an experimental safety cam paign, yet when statistics revealed Its failure to curb the number of acci dents, as a result of which the last legislature virtually transformed It Into a revenue raising department. It still continued Its expensive admin istrative program at a cost of about $76,000 per year," Abrams further declared, "That any revenue gathering agency that ab sorbed nearly half of the money It collected to administer its own ex penses was fundamentally wrong and should be done away with, He further asserted, "That details of law enforcement, such as checking driv en licenses, eliminating the unfit, and allied functions are natural du ties of the state police and I propose to put them there. Maintenance of a SiS, jly 6WES INSfROCtiONS, ' LPffHERS FACE ALL ' IS ALL Sf fo BEStN 6Eft UNDER VAY AT ; nenSes was foamentaV ong 'GL&t Z$E&k LWrflf MWlM 6EffiN6 MOlffH FULL OF OVER ASAlN SHAVIN6 WHEN WILFRED LAST, BlfflS SO TIS- and should be done away with, He, fSWmilterMVtWm SOAP. APPLIES fOWFL KNOCKS AND ASKS HIK) GRUNfLEP THAT HE CUIS further asserted, "That details of law CS tMlkm'MiJ Mn fiSSW ' TO PASS OUf THE HAIR HlMKLf TMREE TiMES enforcement, such aa checking drlv- wk gg kS C- IPIiif'fJpW ) -J?ie oicatc era licenses, eliminating the unfit,' NLJ SPSfT VXW, KlfcrVot and allied functions are natural du- 1 yjbr- j4&Jj$a OHliiW fif)l CTyit I rpSmrTSLinrs': KwpaiBMy iocr ; j S MATTER POP ' - By 0. M. Paynei WV-r-u-r, A XA.Te.o "X "IBP mITuIZT.Je.'RMO "i . .. , "1 W w ( SW. I JU6T "NT'' ' IMJTAMC6-, ITISUBAULV -MT301L -A IKJ ft C J I? s ' , VAFINPOOT f , L Xu JustW yWB-4 ) ( 1 , O 'Ve-rev Vouw6 V Al-L ftT TAt-H-iM atsootC I T rZ(-ku$S VATB-K. -AM vitAT JLtX W C4itu 'W ? 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WHAT DO ANO BETWEEN JOSS . f BUT MUMS THE WORD JM TOPSIDE IK WAMTEOTOR.MR If CK SCROGGsff THAT stROGG5 IS NO GOOD AS A I YtW KNOW ABOUT HERE IS WHERE I BUNfcf i ABOUT THIS EXPEDITIOM THE KEBBS You're Right, Kid ' - Sol Hesg " II I weU- MERE'S L1TTL.& lltT' VUEtL. SHE JUST WOULDlO'T COME DOWW X I S rps H6R DUTV TO SE UJ1TM VOU N-U. ! " rZlLL. TMG ILEMMV E'ARIMS TO K" ; HERE.SHE SAID SUED RATUER 5TARVE SOO'RE RlGMT LEMHV, L COLLOWEO Nl :.' l i so SIC ME OK) BUT-VJI-lERe ) 'jj ikj -rue. OTN THftM BAWQUET HERE SO V (vOUR FATMER BL1KJDL.V TMROOGW A FATTED CALF. UMM I To'THE OOB I y( IS MlMKllE I :lsAlO,'lF A WIFE CAUT. SACRIFICE SOME- I VJILDERMESS OF MISTAKES BECAUSE ; : TUe PRODI fiAL. illli l ' ll1' -TH1M& FOR ME.R MUSBAKJO WE'VE MADE J j wAS THE SIMPLE SOLDIER LUHO S "... I BRINGING UP FATHER ' ' By George McManug .' RAILWAY STATION- te'2SlWlr 1 T THllCOCD- NO ONE SAW L Ji"-.HI . --rifl . . T V , . ; irk I, ifTl BTE AM' ME TIE HIM f ' ' -aBSlTi I VC" ttLt 2 V F-AREWELU UP-I WONDER , T- r I ,n T FOREVER- J WHAT WILL .(, 'm ! WP- I iV jl fiXll S J BECOME OF MlM? - Fi ' y ! Sr L t ef T -J . T -V ' -ri WHAT'S THAT Sv 7 NyVCNr- ' I I X force by the secretary of state to per-I form such duties Is unnecessary and j expensive duplication of services, and : I Intend to eliminate It." In closing Abrams characterized ! the whole drivers examination pro gram as a "nuisance," and as an "unwarranted expense and bother to the motorist." Agricultural economists of North I Carolina are urging farmers of that state to develop -roadside markets to dispose of their surplus products. Ethylene gas la being used experi mentally to remove husks from wal nuts when removal la otherwise difficult. f iJi 41k fl'Wk i I I 'I felIFa'lMe' APPLIES RICH , CREAMV sTARft IN SHAV1K6 M$i FOUOW1N6 MILDREDS LUTHER HAVlte DRIED Uf z I 4-M- .Mf.'MA9'MJfM i . n . wftfR preparmorV AS MILDRED CALLS. DID DlRECfiONS, LOOKS ALSO RELBfHER FACE. WIFE . I f 'PZmMjfU ' 1&6HAVIW6 SHE LEAVE HER CLA55 ON WINDOW Sill AND Urf" CBUA WHICH SHIRf M l tSS f m&s don't crTTTi RIN6 OM to WASH PER RADIATOR. . NO RING HE WM 10 SEND To THE r I a PSf; wcic 'J Eual B0'A .t , Wash , - i yipfw i (Sal i Five courses were given In Ken tucky recently to teach Instructors In state agricultural Institutions sow to grade tobacco according to stand ards of the department of agricul ture. f Flue-cured tobacco growers of North Carolina have been promised rental payments totaling more than (5,000,000 from the federal govern ment for reducing their production 30 per cent this year. ; ment for reducing tneir production JW . W. i 1 When Mrs. Clifford Braly of (tlwi (CP WJlX- (vB Pampa, Tex., went to Dalhart to sell 54 ' i p ' dft ' 1 r-r CaTCSFxijPI TT 1 1 1 a garage she owned, she found every- 1 1 L ( l" L 1 I fc ' " thing except the cement floor had I I I I 9 THE FAMILY ALBUM THE MORNING SHAVE By GLUYA5 WILLIAMS ami
