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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1934.
TOTE MMMMSK
BYX0PSI8: Hart ha Uoore's
home, since the death of her par
ents, has been with her spinster
Aunt Gertrude. Her aunt's unbend'
ing, harsh regimen has made
ilarsha into a young woman who
cares only for the excitement of
the moment, and nothing tor any
of the men who are attracted by
her beauty. Hob Powers, at home
on vacation trom Mexico, has given
itarsha a ring. Hhe has determined
to break off with Bob, but for the
first time she finds it difficult. They
are on their way to a night club
Chapter 11
GEOFFREY
"I AUGHT marry you yot," Marsha
sld. "You'd better be carelull"
Anything to change his mood. Any
thing! It was "killing" her.
"No," Bob answered slowly, "you
won't. Instead I shall go back to
Mexico and there, after I've worked
all day, and after the sun has set,
and after I'vn eaten dinner, I'll look
over the old magazines, and I'll find
one story I've read only twice, and
I'll read that"
"Don't you have things sent
you?"
"They don't follow us to camp;
can't. The mules have all they can
manage with food. Then after I fin
ish that I'll lay It down, and I'll be
gin to think of you, because well,
a man can't help thinking of a wo
man he has loved, In a place like
that. .
"And I'll wonder, if I had done
this or that, whether It would have
made any difference, and then be
cause It is still, and stillness breeds
dreams even In the minds of the
practical, I'll Imagine that you did
care, and think of some of the
things you never did, and never
could do, and 1 11 be In Heaven un
til a lizard scuttles through my pa
pers, or a peon down In the valley
boats his woman until her howls
rise to carry up the slops to me.
"Then I'll think, 'I've been dream
ing, lies. She was only capable of
summer, stuff with anyone. And Til
wonder whose clgaret you're light
ing, whose hand touches yours, who
thinks he Is slipping Into Heaven
only to wake up In Hell."
She made no answer and after t
few moments had passed he said
a short "Sorry," that rasped.
The tajlcab slowed behind a car
Marsha knew; Geoffrey Tarloton's
car. As they waited their turn to
halt before the canopy, she saw
Geoffrey Tarlpton step from bis car,
help a 'pretty youngster from It,
peak to his chauffeur and, with a
debonair swing of shoulders that
Marsha know well, turn toward the
door beyond which was a polished
floor and forgetfulness (or.,uch as
can find it In din.
MarBha, tense, forgot Bob. She
was to see Qeoffrey. And seeing him
she knew she could bring him to
heel. His only freedom from her,
he had admitted, lay In his keeping
beyond her reach. The girl who was
with him did not "really matter,"
Marsha was quite certain. .
But her life's pattern was made, as
was Bob's, by her mooting "the In
ane girl who did not 'really mat
ter.'" WHEN MarBha and Bob entered
the heavy-tired room where
tables were crowded and a stretch
of gleaming floor said, "dance," a
bit of something that should have
been young was rolling her eyes
and wriggling suggestively as she
voiced through tinny song her need
of "Mammy."
After the head waiter had bowed
low to Marsha, whom he knew well,
MarBha selected her place with a
cool nod, and she and Bob settled
on a padded bonch against the wall
and behind one of the frnglle, small
tables.
She scanned the space eagerly.
Evidently Oooffroy and the child
had lingered In some corridor to
talk and smoke, but they would be
along. She Bogged back and trlod to
relax; she must guard against
showing Geoffrey her need to see
blm.
The song died In a nasal whine;
obese men with tut-wrlnkled necks
applauded furiously. Bob felt,
through the sodden-dullness which
had gripped him ever since he had
been certain that' he understood,
the nausea that was usually put In
blm by such a place snd such Inept
"entertainment."
"Doubtless the poor, small thlug
needs mammy," he commented In a
level, heavy undortnne, "but the re
turn would be rnthor hard on mam
my, I would say."
The hostess, crowded Into a gilt
torlng soquln spanglcd gown and
bulging from It, stopped to the
small raised dais by tho piano; she
TALENT LADIES' AID
WILL PRESENT PLAY
TALENT, July 1. (Spl.) The
Talent Ladles' Aid will give a com
edy play, "The Minister's New Car,"
-- - -. -i-J - . I the BHIOENT 1 I i ITGRAMDTMAT I 1 1 ---I A a m jioqs- he
led a girl whose smile was Iron ani
whose eyes were a chart of fur-coat
greed.
'Thanks awfully for liking my
last; she's a good kid" the hostess-owner
sang out; "and now,
give this little girl a hand. Just off
the farm, aren't you, honey? Say
hollo to the big boys and their ba
bies, dearie. Don't be afraid, nobody
eats anything up here; we. haven't
time!"
She raised a phantom glass to
drink from It. Loud laughter; the
girl, who could have cut a window
pane more easily than could a dia
mond, rolled her eyes, Bald, In a
high, near-baby lisping voice, "Hello,
evrybouy I".
Marsha turned to Bob to see his
quizzical eyes and to know that his
lips would have curled If he had let
them. "A good time," he murmured,
"that Is what you call this, Isn't It?
I would not so resent it. If you were
built for It. But you're not."
"Lectures have always bored me.
Bob, and I get plenty at home "
she stated. She was watching the
entrances. They had not yet ap
peared. What her heart caught
if Geoffrey had decided to go else
where, as he often did after having
entered a place to survey It wltb
lazy. Insolent eyes? , '
"I put my memories In tins for
use In Mexico," said Bob. "I shall
bring this out when I feel a hunger
for 'civilization.' Odd, most of this
group would dodge a subway, think
ing it contaminated them.
"Do you smell the bay rum, Mar
sha? And that delicious scent called
'lilac' that Ib bo loved by the barbers
and their patrons who wear what
they call 'flashy patterns.' "
HE was at ease now; more at
ease than he had ever beep
with her. It was over; nothing he
could say pr do would change her
mind; bo nothing mattered. He sat
back heavily.
"I don't quite like you tonight, I
think, Bob," she murmured.
"Sorry. I'll try to be less of the
beast. Beauty. I hope you have
plans for food. My gastronomic
Imagination seems to be over-shadowed
by another variety. One world
and one hunger, at a time, hum?"
"If you'll give me a clgaret, Bob,
I'll try to ferret out something we
can down. But I must smoke with
serious thinking. And I'd like a
Manhattan, please."
He ordered the cocktail trom a
hovering waiter who was rude to
certain patrons and too servile to
others. Boh stiffened at his fawning.
"Hate It," he said bruskly, (lose
to violently, "and you should; this
syntbetio tenderness of the 'hos
tess' while dealing with her 'chil
dren' Lordl And behind the
scenes she teaches them how to
strip the butter-and-egg Rajah. I
don't know what we're coming to
It Is so perniciously and assaulting
ly vulgar."
"You should have been born In
Disraeli's time? you would have
gathered a mean primrose "
drawled Marsha. She looked, then,
quickly toward the piano where the
child of the farm told a risque tale
In what was called a song. They
were entering; Geoffrey; the girl.
Geoffrey must not see her once
glance his way. How her heart
poundedl
A man who had been bitterly hurt
by Marsha had natti, "The devil
gave her her beuity; the homage
of her lovers hai given her her en
chanting arrogance; an Iceberg has
lent a chunk of Itself for the space
that Is usually reserved for a heart,
and heartlessness has put Into her
stoady hands, a two-edged sword."
And perhaps, Bob thought, some
thing In It. Of course he had forced
her; he must be Just to her. Heav
ens, for the chance to get away
from her and to be alone In the
dark. But she had said she had
wanted to dance and with him, and
thus, tor him, the matter was In
flexibly arranged.
The amber-colored glasses had
come; Marsha downed her cocktail
quickly, and quickly shs rose. "1
want to dance," she said, smiling at
Bob who did not anawer her smile.
Geoffrey and the girl were dancing.
Bob danced unusually well; Mar
sha bad admitted that she would
rather dance with him than with
anyone else and that '.heir steps
wore sultod.
"Can't you smile a little on me,"
she asked.
"I don't think I can," he answered
with some effort
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Tomorrow, Martha ! Ihookld
out of hor polti, for one.
at Bellevlew community club house
July 18 at 8:19 p. m. I
Home msde Ice crenm, cake and
lemonade will be Hold after the play.
The mualc win be by "The Colonial
Dames" orchestra of Ashland,
The city of Louisville, Ky., has es
tablished the J. B. Speed Memorial
of Tint Arts In memory' of James
epeed, friend of , Abraham Lincoln
and attorney-general of the United
States trom 1804 to 18(19.
IF
NOT REQUESTED
FOR STRIKE DUTY
Secretary of War Says if
California Governor Asks
Help -Ma'tter Will Be
Placed Before President
WASHINGTON, July 16. (AP)
Acting Secretary of War Harry H.
Woodring said today the war depart
ment had received no request from
Governor Frank F. Marrlam of Cali
fornia to send federal troops Into the
San Francisco area, and that the de
partment had no plans to order any
troops there.
White House official! also satd
there had been no request for any
federal assistance in the situation
War department officials Indicat
ed If a request for aid did come from
M err lam it would be transmitted Im
mediately to President Roosevelt for
his instructions.
No Need Indicated.
. Major General Malln Craig, com
mander of the ninth corps area at
San Francisco, has transmitted no
report to the war department Indi
cating that federal forces were need
ed. General Craig has 13,117 men un
der his command, Including more
than 8000 stationed at the Presidio;
In San Francisco.
Federal troops could be used, it is
understood, to afford emergency pro
tection in the event of urgent neces
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sity. Oeneral Craig, if forced to doi
so, has authority to Issue emergency
orders. Authorization for use of
troops, aside from urgent necessity,
however, would be necessary from
the war department with approval of
the president.
Keep Close Watch.
It was learned that General Craig
and Rear Admiral Thomas J. Senn,
commandant of the 12th naval dis
trict, and Yancey Williams, com
mandant at the Mare Island naval
yard, are keeping In ctose touch with
the constantly changing situation.
Both the army and the navy will
stand ready, officials indicated, to
assist In feeding the city if the food
supply become exhausted and they
should be called upon by state or lo
cal officials.
The army has it own docks at the
Presidio. The navy has only three
destroyers In the area and they are
assigned to reserve or other duty. No
change has been made their order.
The navy has a. large food store at
Its Mare Island warehouse, while the
army has stores at the Presidio to
supply it own men with all but
fresh meats. This store, however, is
not sufficient to be used In relief
work.
Naval Force Available.
The navy has 833 men at San
Francisco and 4,644 men at San Di
ego. Approximately 600 marines are
stationed at the San Diego base.
Because of the strike , Attorney
General Cummings today abandoned
plans to sail from San hranclsco for
Hawaii. He will embark from Los
Angeles Instead July 27.
Sanford Bates, director of prisons,
said the transfer of prisoners to the
Alcatraz penitentiary at San Fran
cisco, scheduled for the near future,
might be delayed by the strike sit
uation. Cummings will Inspect the old
army prison on his return, which Is
scheduled for August 16. It Is being
remodeled for the housing of more
desperate types of federal offenders.
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EDINBURGH, July 16 (AP) A
bottle or a large glass landed with
a loud pop behind the automobile
In which King George and Queen
Mary motored into Edinburgh late
Saturday.
Authorities, who described the oc
curence as a "sensational incident,"
seized a man who stood at the rear
of' the crowd watching the royal
couple pass. He was taken to the
Harthill police station, and it was
understood he will appear in court
today.
The king and queen were return
ing from Hamilton race course to
Holyrood house here. A large force
of police lined both sides of the
highway from the race track to the
city.
UPPER ROGUE CAMP
HAS TENNIS COURT
The CCC Camp Upper Rogue River,
at Union creek, has Just completed
a double, concrete tennis court, to
add to their recreational facilities.
The material has been obtained
from company funds derived from
the profits of the camp store, and
the labor was all volunteered after
work hours by the members of the
camp and two of the officers.
It Is expected that the tennis court
will see as much use as the volley
ball court and the baseball field.
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