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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORL), OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1934.
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RYSOPStR: Uaraha Moore r
membcra her parent only ae gay
and futile people: the hoe lived
many veara with her eplnater Aunt
Oertruile. whoae harsh reijlmen has
gradually made Uaraha a hard and
heartleaa hunter of men. But now
she haa met Hob Powera. home on
vacation from his 1oh in Mexico,
and ahe flnda that ehe doea not
want to hurt him, even though aha
finda it impoaalble not to do ao
aomctlmea. Uoo la calling.
Chapter Seven
MARSHA PERTURBED
T)OB murmured, "Thanks awfully
" as he settled by her.
"And you can hold my hand,"
Marsha added.
He took It and tor some moments
he sal staring down at It; and again
the bad the curlons and new Impulse
to tears that had lately disconcerted
her.
Suddenly ho held her hand against
bis cheek. "I love you very much,
Marsha," he said In a whisper.
"What are you going to do about
It? ! know I'm not half the man
you should have but " (his voice
thickened) "if caring counts"
"But I don't know whether It
does," she answered coolly as she
drew her hand away.
"I don't mean to bother you," he
aid.
"Then don't dear," she answered
lightly.
He was staring down on her as he
did so often; adoringly, yet prob
Ingly. "You won't like It much where
. I'm stationed In Mexico," he con
lided, "and I can't go back without
you."
"You seem quite certain, Bob "
His chin squared: he frowned
"I'm not," he said, "and I wish I
were a bettor liar. I try to act cer
tain, feeling that perhaps that'a the
way to win. I've heard so from other
men but right In the midst of It
I know I can't cheat you. You see?"
"I do, my dear!" she assured him.
She wished he were Geoffrey, her
sort; as her aunt had put It that
day, "equally depraved." He at
tracted her strangely, but she did
not want to bo made miserable by
attraction, to feel through It hor
cheapness, to remember through It
her many compromises.
She rose. "Wo'll go somewhere
and dance!" sho snid quickly; "this
doesn't do! One thinks, and then
but come on! I'm not domestic!"
HE bad risen slowly and as a man
does who would rather not rise.
"And you wanted to play mush
room and to talk about our souls,"
she accused.
"No," he contradicted. "I wantod
to talk about myself . . . and of how
lonely I'd been, and of how I droam
now, that I'll novor be lonely again.
I had a rcnl dream last night. In It
I was coming back to the shack
down near Alros Cnllcnles and you
wore on the porch waiting as I
turned Into the gulch.
"I saw you through a gap In the
trocs . . , you held out your arms . . ,
I've never, never had, awake, the
equal of that moment I ran the rest
of the way."
He broke off abruptly. She stared
up at hlra, who beneath tail was
flushed.
"You'll never know," he said after
a long silence, "how ' care for you.
For thore would bo no way of show
ing you. But all life, It I had the
chance, I would try to provo "
Once more ho broke oft abruptly.
"I've bored you," ho said, a little
itiffneas In his volco. "Forgive me "
She saw his houtdors square,
and understood through them his
Many llomfs Have fclrctrlclly.
HARRI3BURO, Pa. (UP) One
third of Pennsylvania's farm hornet
have electricity, the state department
of agriculture reported. The numtw
of farms electrified In the state In
ert swl from 2.1.3B4 In 1034 to B5,30
In 1934.
resolra not to trouble her. Herat
had she known such control. Ha held
her cloak tor her, but his hands did
not linger on her shoulders as some
men's did. He said, smiling a little,
and mirthlessly, "I would not want
to do that too often!"
IN the street he signalled a taxi
cab and In It he sat away from her.
She had known so many men who
found excuse to edge closer with
every Jolt Some day be would find
the right woman of course, some
very good woman who would not be
afraid of domestic evenings and of
what silence might bring forth.
"Are you tired?" he asked anx
iously. "I don't think so."
"You are unusually silent, Mar
sha." "If you want me to chatter sweet
nothings. I'll"
He Interrupted. "I want yon to do,
while with me, exactly what you
want to do, Marsha."
She moved suddenly to rest her
cheek against his muscular upper
arm. She heard him draw a sharp
breath. "It means nothing," she ex
plained, "but you said I was to do
as I wanted to do."
"It means more than you think,"
he said; "I know It does, It my arma
mean rest to you." His voice trem
bled, broke. He moved, slipped his
arm around her, drew her close;
held her gently. "Do you mind?'
he whispered.
"Ob, no!" she answered quit)
steadily, a little wearily. ,
"I love you so much; I want st
much to kiss you," he said and hi
was proud of the steadiness will
which he had managed to speak.
"Why not?" she answered. Ii
might help him, she thought to klsi
bofore he rode away. And of course
it would make no difference to her.
Nothing much could make any dif
ference to her.
He took off his hat before he benl
his face to hers; then very gently
he touched her Hps with his.
"I am quite mad about you," she
heard. She raised a hand to touch
his cheek and the touch made him
show a little of the madness, a very
little, she thought But he said,
breathlessly, "Dearest, tell mo, I
didn't frighten you? It would kill
me to hurt you In any way."
He seemed quite himself, dancing.
"Please be brotherly," she had
begged, "the other rather bores
me!"
His arm that encircled her did not
once tighten, although his effort to
keep It from doing so more than
once made him flush darkly and the
veins on his forehead thicken. But
he seemed quite himself and broth
erly, and Marsha told him- at two
that she had had "an enchanting
evonlng."
For once In hor life, Maraha felt
a alight sense of escape at returning
to her aunt's stralght-laced, prim
bouse. She felt with Bob as an ac
tress might feel ,;ho had played the
same role too many times, and sud
denly found the man playing oppo
site her had dropped several cues In
a row.
She did not sleep toon. She lay
thinking of Geo(troy Tarleton who
never dreamed asleep or awake and
who knew her measure and whom,
In her way, she loved, She would
fool bettor after an evening or two
with him. And monntlme, ahe hoped
she would not really hurt Bob
Powers.
(Ce,y,itl, l'H. h K. Bmlla.l nl
Something vsry Impt.
psns to Marsha, tomvrrsw.
Kittens and Rats Friends.
BRAINTREE. Mass. (UP) John
P. Tolltaon haa a cat and two kit
tens that play, In friendly fashion,
with hla pet white rats. Mickey and
MlnnK. He also haa an Italian bu'.l
dog that capers with the est and kittens.
(WHEAT AND CORN
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i BENEATH AVERAGE
Agriculture Department Fig
ures Show Pear Crop of
22,400,000 Bushels in
Offing Tops Last Year
WASHINGTON, July 11. (AP)
Conditions on July 1 Indicated wheat
production thla year would aggregate
483,662,000 bushels and corn 2,113,-
000,000 bushels.
This estimate, for the United States
only, was made today by the depart
ment of agriculture.
The devastating drought had in
tensified Interest In the report.
The corn figure compared with
2,330.237,000 bushels In 933 and the
1027-31 average of 2,516,000,000.
Wheat averaged eB6.000.000 bushels
In the 102731 period and was 627,
413,000 last year.
Production of other important
crops for the current year, also as In
dicated July 1, were estimated:
Pears, 22.400,000 bushels, compared
with 21,400,000 a month ago, 21,192.
000 last year and 22,800,000 fie 6
year average.
Winter wheat, 304,000,000 bushels,
compared with 400,367,000 a month
ago, 361,030,000 last year and 032,
061,000 the 1027-31 average.
All spring wheat, 60,400,000 bushels,
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compared w th 176,383,000 last year
and 254.000,000 the 5-year average.
The Durum wheat, 6.600.000 bush
ela, compared with 16,109,000 last
year and 61,000,000 the 0-year aver
age. Other splng wheat, 82,900,000 bush
els, compared with 160,274,000 last
year and 103,000,000 the 6-year aver
age. Oats, 668,000,000 bushels, compared
with 722,486,000 last year, and 1,187,
000.000 the 5-year average.
Barley, 125,000,000 bushels compared
with 166,104.000 last year and 270,
000,000 the 6-year average.
Rye, 17,200.000 bushels, compared
with 18,756,000 a month ago, 21,
184.000 last year and 40,050,000 the
5-year average.
Flaxseed, 6,600,000 . bushels, com
pared with 6,785,000 last year, and
18,700,000 the 5-year average.
Hay (tame), 52,000,000 tons, com
pared with 65,862,000 last year and
72.300,000 the 5-year average.
Beans (dry edible), 10,400,000 bales
of 100 lbs., compared with 12,280,000
last year and 11,600,000 the 6-year
average.
Apples, 112,000,000 bushels, com
pared with 143,827,000 last year and
166,000,000 the 6-year average.
Peaches, 48,700,000 bushels, com
pared with 48,700,000 a month ago,
45,326,000 last year and 57,900,000 the
5-year average.
Grapes, 1,960,000 'tons, compared
with 1,806,584 last year and 2,280.000
the 5-year average.
Potatoes, 348.000,000 bushels, com
pared with 317,143,000 last year, and
366,000,000 the 5-year average.
The condition of the various crops
on July 1 was reported as follows:
Corn, 71.8 per cent of a normal;
all wheat, 52.4; winter wheat, 57.2;
all spring wheat, 38.4; Durum wheat,
20.6; other spring wheat, 39.3; oats,
40; barley, 46.9; pasture 48.9; flaxseed
40; barley, 46.9; rye 40.2; flaxseed 47.0;
hay (tame) 48.9; pasture 48.9; beans
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(dry edible) 72.9; apples 44.9; peaches
56.0; pears, 58.7; grapes, 75.8; pota
toes. 75.85; bops, 65.2.
The acreage of the various crops,
compared with the 1927-31 average,
follows:
Corn, 2,526.000 acres, compared
with 100,706,000; all wheat, 43,996.000
and 60,388.000; winter wheat, 32,485,
000 and 40,050,000; all spring wheat,
11,611,000 and 20,338,000; Durum
wheat, 1,061,000 and 6,105,000; other
spring wheat, 10,450,000 and 15,233,
000: oats, 33,348,000 and 39,673,000;
barley 8,712,000 and 11,963,000; rye,
2.260,000 and 3,319.000; flaxseed 1,133,
000 and 2,915,000; hay (tame) 53.
152,000 and 64,420,000; beans (dry edi
ble) 1,742,000 and 1,769,000; soybeans,
3,690,000 and 2,606,000; cowpeas,
1,799,000 and 1,678,000; potatoes,
3,383,000 and 3.201,000.
Stocks of grain on farm July 1
were reported as follows:
Corn, 470,365,000 bushels, compared
with 627,998,000 a year. ago.
Wheat 60,995,000 bushels, compared
with 81,187,000 a year ago,
Oats, 107,580,000 bushels, compared
with 204,364,000 a year ago.
SEATTLE PORT CASHIER
GIVEN 15-YEAR TERM
SEATTLE, July 11. (AP) Allan
L. Blckell, former port of Seattle
cashier, was sentenced here today to
serve from five to 16 years In the
state penitentiary at Walla Walla on
his pleas of guilty to four counts of
grand larceny charging theft of $21,
474 from port funds.
Beginner's Luck.
CLINTON, Conn. (UP) Edward
Fltzpatrick Is a firm believer In be
ginner's luck. While seasoned fisher
men complained of small catches,
ritzpatrlck, casting a lino for the first
time, landed a 14-pound striped bass.
It took him an hour to pull It Into
the boat.
-TWT AND IT SHOULD BE THE CONVINCING PROOF,
GENTLEMEN OF" THE OURY--THIS Y0UN6 10 OMAN
msm. CLAIMS THAT BRUCE UILKINS DECEIVED HER
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BUT AS THE GIANT DEVILFISH WHIPPED
A SECOND AND THEM ATHIBD TENTACLE
ABOUT HIM, BEN TURNED AND SAW TO
HIS HORROR WHAT WA9 ATTACKING HIM
DID SOU SO AMD TELL.
3VLLY ALL ABOUT COMMi!
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