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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OrttXStt. TCTSfirAt, JTJLT'lQ, 1931
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SYNOPttIS, After the death of
her pay but futile parents, Marsha
Moore has gone to live with her
Aunt Gertrude. And Aunt Oer
trude'e epineter distrust of life and
Marsha hat led the girl into a life
of hard oayety, broken only by the
clatter as one admirer after an
other falls by the wayside. But Bob
i'otvers, on vacation from hie Mfx
tran fob, tit different. Suddenly,
Martha deride the doet not tci.nl
to hurt Bob.
sura mmmms:
She had been, considering her unt
derstandlng of life, strangely Inno
cent of the true form ot the Chinch
School affair with Mr. Craven. She
had felt only her hunger for af
fection; the tact that she, who wai
starved for It, had found It, and she
was at the point when eh- had coma
to the feeling that she could not
"stand It any more" living with
her aunt.
Alice, another maid who had been
for years with Miss Moore, left tba
room stiffly with the salad plates;
then Marsha, who had grown a pro
tective shell since that day when
she knew she would die unless
"some one liked her a little," said
crisply, "No sweet "
She did not care for sweets of any
sort now. She preferred the raw and
biting; men who blurted out harsh
truths, foods that made the eyes
smart. How smug, the proud old sil
ver on the Sheraton sideboard. It
had never been anything but dull to
eat at home. No, once It had been
more than dull; It bad been a rack.
Well, that was overl She knew her
way around and she was so bard
that no one could hurt her.
Chapter Six
MAN FROM MEXICO
AN HOUR later Marsha made
ready to dress for dinner;
Jean ran her hath. Marsha said,
"Thank you, Joan " to receive no
answer beyond a short sniff. Once
again she had felt that lite might
be much more bearable It there
were only a servant In Miss Ger
trude's menage who would answer
pleasantly.
She lay In the tub relating, and
stepping from It, she saw herself
In a long mirror. Lovely she was,
she knew. But if she had been plain
she might hais been very good and
"beautiful In all the ways that
count most." That had echoed!
She dressed slowly and carefully;
Bob was coming after dinner, and
they would doubtless go some
where to dance. She chose a black
dress that was not so black as her
hair, colled the hair low, snapped
"T AM going to a committee meet
lng," said Miss Gertrude; "we
are to discuss plans tor the Com
munity House "
"Can you see them aa my ancestors?" asked Marsha.
iround her white throat the string
ot pearls that had been her moth
er's.
She could see her mother playing
with them, the while she teased
aome man by turning upon him the
softest eyes. Marsha had come by
her habits straight enough, she
knew; It was odd that they some
times troublei! her.- - -,
She dined, for the most part In
silence, with her aunt. Miss Moore
broke It once to say, "And what do
you do tonight?" Her question was
asked In a manner that Implied de
celt would be useless; In a manner
that had, to he Just to Marsha, been
used long before Marsha had con
sidered the weaving ot the tangled
web.
"Bob," Marsha answered, "but
you should have said who, or la it
whom? I always got mixed on those.
Wo'ro packing the time with 'beau
tiful memories'; he goes back to his
bridges In two or three months"
"I am Indeed glad to hear It!"
Miss Moore commented.
"Better," Martha agreed. "The
affair, by then, will have about run
Us course. You do dislike my trap
ping methods, don't you, Aunt?"
MISS GERTRUDE! made no reply
and Marsha smiled a trifle
wearily at the heavy qulot that en
sued; she understood Its quality so
welll Such unbroken stretches had
once seemed almost unbearable.
Marsha remembered, with a rise
ot hot Indignation, the Injustices
that had been done her, as a child,
through them; ot how she had
struggled to please her aunt, to
make talk that would please her
aunt.
After her tangle with the music
teacher, she had tried no more.
Miss Moore had made nor under
stand very clearly that she was
"lost," that there was "no possible
redemption" tor her. Her under,
standing had made Marsha lie wide
eyed In the dark, night after night,
seeing herself aa ruined, people as
shunning her, her life a thing to be
lived apologetically. In shadow;
seeing God as a stern facod replica
ot the hardest Puritan marking her
'or his wrath.
It was amailng how arid and love
less those could be, who "served
humanity," Msrsha reflected. She
wondered, drinking her . '"ee, bow
It would be to spend an evening at
home with some man. She might try
It with Bob. Doubtless Jean and
Alice would keep watch, ears glued
to key holes, and so be ready to re
port. But they wouldn't get . much
from Bob I
When he appeared at nine,
Marsha, herself, opened the door to
him.
For a moment he hesitated; then
quickly he stepped within the hall.
"This Is about the pleasantest
thing that ever happened to me," he
said. '
"Your flowers are lovely, Bob
"Not lovely enough," he faltered
In answer.
"I so appreciate your sending me
the same sorts that you aent your
mother." And she did; she felt her
eyes smart to turn quickly from
him. "It was all wrong," she added,
"but 1 liked It Aunt's out. Do you
think you could stand an evening of
domestic turn?"
"Rather!" he answered eagerly.
He laid his hat and gloves on a ta
ble; slipped from his coat to follow
her Into the email, prim drawing
room that was depressed by stern
portralta of very God-tearing folk;
gentlefolk ot reprossed Instincts
and an unyielding sense ot tie
proper.
"Can you see them as my , an
cestors?" Maraha asked, after a
short glance around the walls. She
laughed; he smiled. "Your an
cestors," he stated, "were gods and
goddesses but unusually kind ones
I think you are descended frorr
Nlobe who bragred that her chll
dren were the most beautiful In the
world. One child must have escaped
death, The others, you know werr
killed bocause they were so beau
tlful-"
"It works that way sometimes
but let's not brood on It" she said
"Sit down, Bob" ,
She had dropped to a small old
sofa; he looked longingly at thr
space that was by her. Again Shi
laughed. "You may," she said gentlj -
(CefyritU, W4. h K. Hnitt-Tttln)
Bob spends a difficult evening.
Monday.
ICKES CALLS CONFABS
WASHINGTON, July 10. (AP)
Secretary Ickes announced today the
first of a number of preliminary con
ferences to lsy plans for administra
tion ot the Taylor erasing act will be
held In Snlt Lake city July 93.
naiMiiuwit oecrcvary or trie inferior
Oscar L. Chapman will head the group
of Interior department experts who
will conter with stockmen.
Rernnl Hex Crop.
SALEM, July 10. (AP) A record
lax crop will be handled by the slate
penitentiary plant this year, William
Elntlg, state purchasing agent, said
today when he estimated 4S00 tons of
flax would be delivered by local
farmers. -
INSULL'S LAST BAR
TO TRIAL ERASED
CHICAGO, July 10 (AP) The last
technical obstacle of the trial of
Samuel Insult for fraudulent use of
the malls was wiped away today and
Federal Judse James H. Wilkinson
ordered the former utilities magnate
to trial Sept. IB.
NEW POSTAL LAWS
POT IRE COIN IN
UNCLE SAM'S TILL
Money Orders May Now. Be
Cashed at Towns Other
Than One to Which Sent
by Paying Additional Fee
By FRANK B. HARPER,
Associated prrsi staff Writer.
WASHINOTON,, July 10. (AP)
Postmasters are having big memory
workout these days, learning new
answers necesslted by the activity of
the 73rd congress in passing new
postal laws.
Borne of the regulations will Jingle
a bit more money In Uncle Sam's
pockets.
Beginning yesterday for Instance,
an additional dime Is charged when
a registered, Insured or "collect on
delivery" piece of mall Is delivered
to a restricted address or person.
That Is, If such a letter or parcel
Is marked for delivery only to John
Smith at such and such an address,
lnsttad of being addressed merely to
a street or office number, the added
charge will be collected. Consider
able revenue la expected from this
source.
Another fresh wrinkle that will
bring In more nickels and pennies
are the new regulations permitting
cashing of money orders at postof-
flces other than the one to which
the order is sent.
In such cases the postmaster cash
ing the money order will deduct a
fee equal to that charged by the of
fice from which It was sent. In other
words, If a person sends a money or
der for which he was charged 18
cents, and It Is cashed at some oth
er office than the one named In the
order, IS cents will be collected by
the cashing office.
Another money-producing Innova
tion, but one that will not profit the
postofflce department Itself, Is the
so-called "duck stamp." Hereafter,
hunters going after ducks and other
migratory fowl must buy from the
postofflce a 1 migratory bird stamp
and put It on their licence.
Regulations Mr the postmasters to
handle this routine have Just been
Issued. The money will go Into the
treasury for the support of bird ref
uges and breeding grounds.
Then there Is the new airmail rate
than means more changes In the
postmasters' routine 6 cents Instead
I tlon, Hull also paid tribute to Tur
key lor Its "effective steps" to sup
press Illicit exports.
"The United States was the prin
cipal victim of this traffic and the
action taken by the Turkish govern
ment to put and end to It has been
of the greatest assistance to the
American government In Its efforts
to combat the evil of narcotic drug
addiction." Hull added.
Forty-five nations have either rat
ified or acceded to the narcotics 11m'
1 tat Ion agreement.
IHE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
of 8 to say nothing of a combined
airmail and special delivery stamp
j they will have to start worrying with
shortly.
NARCOTIC CONTROL
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NEW YORK. July 10. (AP) Cor
dell Hull, secretary of state In the
Roosevelt cabinet, said today "Im
provement In control of the distri
bution of dangerous habit forml.ig
drugs Is becoming apparent through
out the world."
In a message broadcast at the
World Narcotic Defense Association's
celebration on the first anniversary
of the narcotics limitation conven-
OREGON RELIEF
COIN ALLOTTED
PORTLAND, July 10. (AP) The
Oregon state relief committee today
approved two well-drilling projects
for the drought area of Jefferson
county. A well win ne drilled at
Pony Butte, 30 miles northwest of
Madras, and another will be aunk 8
miles south of Madras. Another
large project approved today waa for
portable cannery work at Albany,
Lebanan, Sweet Home, Sclo, Harrls
burg, Brownsville, Lacomb, Craw
fordsvllle, Crabtree and Lyons.
A total of $38,000 has been allotted
throughout the state lor fuly expen
diture In transient centers, stations
and camps.
SALEM, July 10.-(AP)-Mra. Jennie
Bennet Thlelsen, 82, wlCow of the late
Henry B. Thlelsen, died at the family
residence here Sunday after an Illness
of a month. Mrs. Thlelsen had been
resident of Salem for 36 years.
WINDOW GLASS we sell window
glass and will replace your broken
windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cao
tnet Works.
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WHICH A FAMILY INPUL6ES BEFORE TAKING. T5
THE1 -ROAD, AL1U6U6H TMEt1 MOW PERFECTLY WEJ.U
THAT THEY W0NY REMEMBER THE THIN6S THV
HA;E F0R60TTEH UtfTiL THEV ARE AT LEAST
TEN" MILES AL0K& ON THEIR ODURNfY
(Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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ton, errtry, nd Oeorg. Lewu,
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BAUSM, July 10 (AP) The public
utllltm r.ommlMlon tod.y received an
.ppllc.l.on from the Nutural Ou
Corporation of Ore(ton to eell Ita ki
plant to the Comumera' Oaa Corpo
ration of Bend.
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