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PSGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRroUOT. MEDFORI). OREGON, MONDAY, JULY '9, 1934. SYNOPSIS; The Hare ha Moore'e gnu but i. enta hoa left her to the "tetitlt, brinatno of her Aunt Uertt r. whose epinater Ufa comprehent. "duty" but not kindneaa, tlaralt carw out a hard, bitter exUtenet for herself , and atrewa her path with discarded admirers. Now the has met Bob Powera, on vacation from hie iob in Mexico, and die cover to her anrprite that she doei not want to hurt him. You can put them In vases It 7011 el like It. Jean," sbe murmured, .'hen aba hesitated. "I think I'll ar range these myself," she added, "and take them to mj room." They were Bob Powers' flowers of which she spoke, a bouquet which looked as It It had been plucked (rom an old-fashioned garden by some one who loved flowers more ardently than do most florist's clerks. His note lay atop the sweet mix ture; a note addressed In a bold, steady band which told pleasant things to those who read the man ner of writing aa well as '.he words which writing writes. 1 In her room she set Bob's offer ing to Eros upon a pie-crust table and then she dropped to a chaise longue with the messages to be read. Geoffrey Tarleton had cabled from Havana, "HOME TO THE OM LOVE; WEAK IN THE HINGES BUT READY TO GET HOT." Chapter Fire GOEFFREY TARLETON MARSHA accepted Bob's flowers, the books he sent (she liked his tas'te In books), his candles; and she thanked him prettily as she acted the role Into which he had cast her, the role of rarely lovely and kind young woman who could do nothing .that waa not fine. At moments the old Marsha had risen from the new surface; sbo had said one day with him, "Are the Mexican women pretty?" thinking be might confosa some entangle ment; prove himself as were the rest; make her feel better. But he said only, "They might be If they ever bathed; I moan the peasants we aee, working In the wilds." Then he had gone on to tell her that sometimes for months they saw no women save a few old crones who did their .laundry by beating It to nothing on the stones at some tur- SHE had always admired bis hon esty and she bad always felt that she could get along better with Mm than with any one else whom she knew. But bis message rather an noyed her and she knew It would not hare annoyed her a month past Of course one changed She opened Bob Powers' note. They were Bob's flowers. . bulent river's edge. Her question 1 bad not aet upon his thin, browned face a trace of consciousness, and he bad learned that he could not lie. Ishe did not want to hurt him. She really liked him, and she had never oefore liked any man save Doctor James; and liking again made her long to hide. "Are you going, to guard against making a tragedy for this young man?" Miss Gertrude questioned as she finished ber coffee. Marsha did not reply and Miss Gertrude gave It up. "I suppose," she said coldly, "that there Is no appealing to you, who think only of self and nothing of the baroo that you wreck. I have fought your seri ous consideration of Geoffrey Tarle ton, but I have come to the decision that such alliance may be entirely suitable. He Is equally depraved" "I thank you so much, dear," said Marsha, but without her usual spir it She waa entirely used to her aunt's estimate of her character, but somehow, this day It hurt as It had hurt her when ahe was still young and really trying to please. Her aunt paid the check and they rose; she'd hunt up something to do Marsha decided, something by way of diversion , . , this was one of the hours when she did not dare think and when'actlvlty must be the anodyne. -pHEY rode silently toward Miss Gertrude's chill apartment, which was so faultlessly furnished with pieces that had been handed down by early-Vermont Mooros, an apartment :n which Marsha had nev er boen able to welcome her friends, a pl.v:e where suspicion throve, and where wrong conjectures were roached too easily, and where a tow acid-faced - women sowing tor the box that was to go to Doctor James' favorite mission, made "a stimulat ing afternoon." Jean let them In; the Scotch maid who disapproved of everything, save the rigid heaven for which she hoped, and of everyone, save Miss Gertrude. There were flowers, let ters, and a cablegram for Miss Marsha, Jean said. Marsha looked at the flowers. "My dear Marsha," ahe read, "1 have sent you these flowers becausi I have sent Just the, same selection to my mother. That should tell you something of how I feel, "I have thought of you every wak Ing second since our drive and I've come to the conclusion that whlli most men would be more entertain ing, none could be more happy with you than I am. "Perhaps that will mean some thing. I hope so, for It means every thing to me. I've been trying to shorten the day by hurrying: It helped a lot to aee you those few minutes this morning. You'll never know how beautiful you are and In all the ways that count most, dear.". Then "Yours, Bob." Her eyea filled. She looked at his flowers to see them blurred. She wasn't beautiful In any way that counted, she was certain. She was beautiful only In ways that made a great deal of trouble for her and for others. Bob Powers had made her aware of the trouble ahe could make. She murmured a ahort, sharp "Damn!"; Bank back to think. The man ahe needed waa Geoffrey; who understood her; her needs. He nev er pretended she was even half de cent; he said, only, "I'll wander, but I'll tome back to you. Delilah, we're aulted; we belong", In her way, she loved Geoffrey, She thought longingly of bis re turn. He might not look her op right away; sometimes he did not and she knew him well enough to know that an appeal would make him turn away. , Sho would not make that appeal, she understood Geoffrey too well to play Into his handa that way. Yet she was hsrnssod and troubled, and not on Geoffrey's account. Bob Powers, If she appealed, would come running with a humble longing to serve. She wished she had never met him. . . . Bob Powers was "absurdly good," one could aee; and It was downright disconcerting to have anyone suppose that you. were absurdly good too. Tomorrow, Marsha his prtmonl tlont of tragedy. Kenneth Lcenlrrtn, half-mi'.e ace of the Wulilnston Slate college track squad, will captain the team In 1033. Farmers of western Kentucky were paid S750.000 for their strawberry crop this season. More than 35 residents of Cstallna Island, Csl., playground, participated In the first annual Island tennis championships, The 18 mountain covintles of North Carolina have a popvilatlon of 300,359, or 52.7 persons per square mile. BRITISH IVIES GIVEN PRAISE BY Films As Good As Any Made in U. S. A, Can Be Turned Out in Britain But There Is Only One Hollywood By HENRY T. RL'SSELL, United Press Staff Correspondent, LONDON. (UP) Picture aa good as the U. 8. produced variety can be made In Britain, but E la tree never will replace Hollywood, according to Douglas Fairbanks, ftrr. Fairbanks talked between tiresome posing tor still pictures at British and Dominion studios, Estree, where Alexander Korda's team of film stars led by Fairbanks, Is at work produc ing "Don Juan." Good Productions. "Bistre never will replace Holly wood," , Fairbanks said emphatically, "but there Is no reason why It should not be possible to produce pictures In Britain which are every bit as good as the Hollywood productions. Of course, for the moment, production Is not so easy here as It would be there. Hollywood can call upon thou sands of motion picture minded peo ple as extras. Here the numbers are restricted. "In some ways the cost of produc ing a picture at Elstree Is bound to be much lower than at Hollywood. Labor Is cheaper, for Instance. But In Hollywood any extra can get to work for a dime carfare whereas to get extras from London to Elstree we have to charter automobiles. "There are at least ten actors or actresses, to choose from for any Im portant film part to be acted In Hol lywood. Here the choice Is nearly always restricted between two or three." . Film Quota. The main reason for Fairbanks'! choice of Elstree for the production of "Don Juan," he said, was the British film quota. According to ex isting regulations, at least 25 per cent of the pictures shown at British picture houses must be British. This led a number of foreign companies to produce a certain number of small pictures In Britain for the express purpose of complying with the uota. Many of them, once registered with the authorities, never were shown. They were simply "quota" films, and, aa such, straight losses. They were, In other words, the price which motion picture producers of foreign extraction had to pay for the privilege of selling their big films. "United Artists now is going to try to produce Its quota films at Elstree. "Don Juan" Is the first one, ex plained Fairbanks, adding that oth ers would follow it, he found suita ble stories. "Moonshiners" In the southern mountains are said to find rhododen dron roots excellent .fuel for their liquor distilleries because they make no telltale smoke for revenue officers to see. Four large tents, were erected at the Longacre racing plant near Se attle, Wash., to accommodate the overflow of horses shipped In to race In - the second legalized, meeting of the track. Stable space was exhaust ed when approximately 700 thorough breds were entered In the meet. T OF ROGUE PUT IN CONTROL GRANTS PASS, July 0. (Spl.) After burning over 000 acres of pine timber In Dead Horse, canyon of Evans creek valley In Jackson county, southwestern Oregon's largest fire of this season, to date, was brought under control Saturday. For a time a shift In the wind might have endangered the town of Rogue River. The word was brought here In a telephonic conversation between the two district fire wardens, A. L. Mc carty of Josephine county and Dwlght Phlpps of Jacxson county. Phlpps told Mccarty the blase waa probably started by a cigarette at about 3:30 Friday afternoon. A strong wind fanned the flames Into a fire that defied efforts to halt It for several hours. 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