MEDFORD MAIL TRIBtTN'E, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1934.
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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 "
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"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.'
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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
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expensive duplication of services, and :
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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.
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tucky recently to teach Instructors
In state agricultural Institutions sow
to grade tobacco according to stand
ards of the department of agricul
ture. f
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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
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