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MEDFORD HAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON, TITURSDAT. JULY 19. 1934.
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XYSOPMS: Martha Uoort hat
refused Bob Fowert after "leading
him" into an ensaaement. hut
when aha heart Geoffrey Tarleton,
vhom tht fanciet the lovet, intro
duce her to "the neia Urt. Tarle
ton" the marries Bob next dnv.
Xow, a little astonished and a lit.
tie afraid of hurtina Bab, she it be
ginning her honeumoon.
Chapter 14
HONEYMOON
A SILENCE followed; Martha
broke it. "You'll tblnlt me a
fool," ihe aaid, "I don't know why
I'm bo oddly nervous."
"I'd think you a fool If you weren't
'oddly nervous,' " Bob assured her.
He added, with a tmlle, "I'm a lit
tle nervous myself. What we need,
my dear, Is one of those patent
medicines; the sort that Is adver
tised through letters that run:
"'I was all run down and had no
appetite. I bad terrible dizzy spells.
The Doctor said it was my nerves.
And after six bottles of your won
derful medicine I felt a new per
son. I cannot thank you enough!'"
She laughed delightedly.
"And our letter," he said next,
"will read, "After eighteen bottles
of your nerve cure, we had courage
to start on our honeymoon!'"
"Have you a sense of humor.
Bob?"
"My dear, I hope so . . , But then,
have you ever met a man or woman
who admitted they hadn't?"
"No," she admitted; she smiled
for some moments over this, a
thought new to her.
"Bob."
"Yes, Mrs. Powers," he answered,
and was Instantly sorry he had
hailed her In that reminding way,
but she did not seem to mind.
"Where are we going?"
'"Mother, what's for dessert?'"
he replied.
"Aren't you going to tell me?"
"No, Mam!"
"Why, you brute!"
"Yes, Mam."
"We're going somewhere on Long
Island," she stated triumphantly as
.they neared the Queensboro Bridge.
"Um. Know your map and every
thing, don't you? You tell me about
the turns. It'll save 'my nerves.' "
"You're a very funny person,
aren't you?" she questioned Iron
ically. "You'll have to pretend to think
so when we have dinner guests and
you hear the old ones," he assured
her.
She might, she realized wonder
lngly, have been on her way with
him to someone's dinner, or tea.
He said, "Marsha Powers, sup
pose you sit back and rest and know
that everything Is well."
Tbey stopped for their luncheon
at a small roadside Inn where a
broad, open fireplace was welcome
after the bite of the outdoor air.
When Marsha returned, freshened
by water, powdered anew, she found
a small table before the glowing
hearth, and Bob, back to the hearth,
smoking a clgaret and waiting her.
"'TlH13 Is charming!" she said. Hit
-1- eyes glowed. She felt a warming
of heart that was made by the way
that pleasing her, pleased him.
"I wish no one else would come,"
the confided as he drew out her chair
and the settled.
"They won't," he assured her;
"there's another dining room and
I've arranged the matter. I'm really
quite a 'flier,' when 1 get a start.
You're going to be surprised!"
"And all ordered!" she said as a
waitress appeared with a laden
tray.
"Yes, and If It doesn't suit we'll
send It back and try again."
"1 had not known I was hungry,"
she admitted next, and after some
moments.
"I knew you were. I was afraid
you would begin to chow the sleeve
of my top coat. And I'm tond of that
coat. It came from Bond Street. 1
was deeply troubled"
It was remarkably cozy; their
luncheon time spread over an hour
and then a half. The fire died down
and the waitress came In to mend It
and to send the "beautiful lady and
her handsome, big man" an envious
glance. So much In love, they ware.
she s.iw; talking, laughing; "and
him looking on her like he was
starved, but keeping up his gay act
ing." She sighed, leaving them.
Again In the car, they found the
skies darkened by the threat of a
anow tall. Marsha's eyes grew
heavy.
"Why dont you tag against my
thoulder tnd sleep?" asked Bob. "It's
at your service, and a very service
able thoulder you 11 find It to be."
She did, after a little hesitation;
he must have driven with painstak
ing care the knew, when be woke
her with a touch and she looked up
to find blm r.oilling down on her.
and a flurry of snow In the air, and
the small doorway of a stone house
seen through It and near.
"Home, my dear child!" he said.
He stepped from the- car then and
picked her up to carry her over the
threshold. "I have my superstitions,"
he admitted, as she found herself
set by him and reluctantly, upon her
feet; "this Is one ct them!"
A ttooped old woman In black
dreas, white cap and apron appeared
then from the rear of the low-cell-lnged,
old-fashioned hall. She curt
sled In a fashion that told of her
having started aa scullery maid in
another land.
"I think you'll find ivtryihirg' in
readiness for Mrs. Powers, Mr. Rob
ert," she said, "and It's honored we
are, here, to serve you both."
"Gila, one of my mother's oldest,
most trusted servants," Bob said to :
Marsha: She murmured something
gently kind to find surprise at her
self. She had not known she could
play this role that bad been thrust
upon her, so adroitly.
A moment more and the went with
Bob up the few stalra and Into a
room with a sloping root. The walla
were covered with an old fashioned,
flowered paper, ruffled, dottwlpwlss
curtalna were at the windows, and
two deep, chintz-covered chairs and
a few other old and good pieces
gave the placo peace.
"CWEET," the murmured, looking
u around.
"Thought you'd like It," he an
swered; he did not glance away from
her. "I'll bring up our bags. We're
without any men servants. 1 think
I didn't want any rugged male thing
to see how softly I shall gaze at
you. Why don't you finish that nap
before dinner? You have a long
hour and a half.
"Perhaps," she admitted, "It
would be a good Idea." She could be
alone thus, she reasoned; and per
haps, alone, she could think things
through a little to get beyond the
old, and disconcertingly unsteady
feeling that had been hers ever since
she bad learned Geoffrey was lost
to her and since what she had don
because of the loss of Geoffrey.
He brought up their luggage, set
hers on the waiting racks, and un
strapped each piece.
'AH fixed!" he Bald. He moved
toward the doorway; smiled at her
from the doorway;' then he left,
closing the low door firmly after
himself.
For some time she stood without
moving. Suddenly she laughed; she
did not know where she was physi
cally, nor mentally! Where had his
car turned as she slept? If only
things would become real; It only
he would act as she had expected
him to!
If she could feel solid ground,
known ground through a normal
man's actions, oven the name of the
village. Then perhaps this ghastly
new seriousness, which made deep
crippling pressure, would slip away.
She descended the stairs at half
after six; he was waiting for ber at
the foot of them.
"Sleep?" he asked.
"Yes, I didn't expect to. but there's
a peaco here, I've never felt before.
It's a darling house!"
"I hoped you would like It." i
"1 can't see hov you arranged
everything In this s,.m while."
"It took a little spei ' " he admit
ted, "1 spent the night .elephonlng
dragging people from bed and
persuading them that no one needed
so much sleep as they thought. Come
In here and see the nice fire anu Ihe
cocktails that are watting you "
The living room was broad and
long; a piano stood at one eud and
near windows of tiny panes; at the
other end of the room was a bank of
books; their colors were gentle In
the soft light. A fire leaped and
scolded. Deep chairs were before It
and an old fashioned, chintz-covered
sofa.
"I adore this place!" said Marsha.
"1 thought," he said slowly, "that
It you liked it as much as I shall
after our time here, we might buy
It, so that we can come back; mnke
a pllg-lmage now and again you
know between bridges " He
paused a moment.
"Come here to me," he said next
"I want to say something that la
rather serlout to you"
(Cetr'll. I'M. y H. KeriUmJ-TevIc)
Tomorrow, "Mr. and Mrs. Pow
ri" hv their first dinner.
IS
BY SPECTROSCOPE
French Scientist Says Exam
ination of Blood Gives Key
to Coming of Grim Reaper
Case Is Cited as Proof
By HOWARD W. BLAKESI.EE,
AftROclatfd PreM Science Editor.
CAMBRIDGE, Maw., July 19.-(AP)-
The spectroscope, which records the
birth and the decay of itara, can also
foretell the approaching drath of
man.
A spectroscope death curve, which
forecast a human death more accu
rately than, the physicians, was de
scribed today to the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology spectroscope
conference, which Is meeting here
this week to discuss both practical
and scientific uses of this Instru
ment. The report was made by P. and M.
Lecomte De Nouy, of the Poateur In
stitute, France. M. De Nouy did not
attend, but mailed his paper to Pro
fessor George R. Harrison, chairman
of the conference.
The death curve waa found in a
spectroscopic examination of hu
man blood. Spectroscopic! curves
are like city skylines, such as New
York and London, which revet? 1 wide
architectural differences, which never
would be mistaken for each other,
and which an expert would never
forget.
In this way the Paateur Institute
scientists and his colleagues have
been studying the structural nature
of blood. They have analyzed, he
reported, about fi.OOO samples. These
Included the blood of men, horses
and sheep.
"We predicted a man's death which
followed in 24 hours. He was partly
paralyzed, owing to a malignant tu
mor of the spine, with matatases in
the lower Jaw, and urinary infection.
He was expected to live, however, for
many months," the report said.
reau uf entomology, was at Crater
Lake recently on an lnapectlon t-:p,
aa a result of which he declared, the
beetle situation to be entirely under
control.
AMBITIONS
EETLE BATTLE
CRATER LAKE, NATIONAL PARK,
Ore.j-( Special.) After having once
threatened the entire stand of lodge
pole pine timber In the Crater Lake
area, forest destruction by pine bee
tle Infestations has been eliminated
aa a result of systematic control
work which began a number of years
ago when the situation was serious.
The battle against the insects was
carried on along the largest scale in
1929 when 23,544 lodgepole pines
were cut down, followed by 14,747 in
1931 and almost as many In 1932.
The number was materially reduced
In' 1933 but In 1934, only 13 lodge
poles were cut down, Indicative of the
vast progress pine beetle control work
1 has experienced since control efforts
I were begun In 1925.
Before that time the beetles had
! killed thousands of trees within the
! park area, particularly so in the
I northwest section of the park where
j over 30,000 acres of forest were
l killed. P, P. Keen, head of the
' northwest division of the federal bu-
AUTO ACCIDENTS TAKE
INCREASING LIFE TOLL
IN YEAR'S FIRST HALF
6ALKM, July 19. UP) An approxi
mate 30 per cent Increase In fatalities
and Injuries due to automobile acci
dents was reported for the first half
of this year over the same period in
1933, the motor vehicle division of
the state department announced to
day. Automobile accidents have claimed
the Uvea of 143 persons so far this
year, with 2.275 Injured, aa compared
to 10Q killed last year and 1,730 In
jured. Last month 29 deaths and 397 In
Juries out of 1,635 a Id wits were re
ported, against a total of 16 killed
and 333 Injured in June, 1933.
Of the 29 fatalities lant month, 10
were pedestrian, and nine deaths
were the result of non-colllslon acci
dents. The state department also reported
64 revocations And suspensions of
automobile operators' licenses In
June, of which 64 were revoked as
a penalty for driving while intoxicated,
NEW YCRK. July 10. (TP) Fed
eral Judge Carroll C. Hlncks today
denied a defense motion for a di
rected verdict of acquittal In the
mail fraud trial of James C. McKay
and William J. (Curley) Oraham,
Reno, Nev., gamblers.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
i . ' 1
STARTS f0R DM6 SfOR
Orl CRRAKP fOR MOfriEB.
WASHES SI6N PAlKlTER
Af CORKER
DECIDES HE'D Wt To BE
ASI6N PAWIfcR WHEN HE
6R0WS UP, BECAUSE rf
MUST BE FiM 1fc PaiHT aMD
AIAAVS A CROWD WrttWMfe
stasrb pass -foe "fine
or daV with his friend,
THE OffiCER ONfrlE BEAT
DECIDES 1b BE A Police
Man INSTEAD, BECAUSE
THEY'RE 50 FRlENDlY
AtfD dOST WALK AROllKD
SKIKS -THIH&5 Alt DA1
SEES SOME'fELEPHONE
MEN1 AT WORK. DEClDft
l)J FAVOR OF THAT JOB
BECAUSE ifS JUST LIKE
climbing. Trek
Does his errand, mad-
W6 To BE A SODA CLERK
INSTEAD, SO HE COULD
HAUE ICE CREAM SODAS
WHENEVER HE WANTED THEM
SWITCHES ONCE MORE To
8EIN6 A BUS DRIVER. .
THEN HE COULD DRIVE
AROUND SEEING THE
WORLD
(Copyright. 1934. by Th Bell Syndicate, Inc )
6Eft HOME AND FoR&fS
HIS PROBLEM IN THE &!
CiTCMENf OF BFIN6 A
P'RWE FOR HE TIME
S 'MATTER POP
Bv C. M. Payne
By Ha Forrest
FURNISHES DATA
MODOC LAVA BEDS NATIONAL
MONUMENT, Calif (Spl.) Effort to
gain more uccurate Information con
cerning thti Mocior Indian war of
1B73-73 we j given fresh Impetus with!
the return this week of Peter Frtmn.
chin, Indian veteran of the conflict
to the battle srene located In the,
lava beds monument.
His memory undtmmed by the
pajHk of more than a half-century
since wr whoo-a cleft the air when!
a small group of Indians battled aj
superior frrce of soldiers for months.
Bchonchin located Important points,
of historical interest. He pointed out'
the war dance ground from which!
boulders had been moved to make a
perfect circle In which the braves
our victories they realised during the
five months war.
One of the bipuest dance held
followed the killing of UeueiHl 8.
R. S. Canby during a peace parley a
short distance from the mam Indian
stronghold. Though his steps were
feeble. SWuonchin d mMistrntrd a
dance, holding aloft & stick on the
top of which was an Imaginary
scalp. Indian danced in single file
around the center in which usue.ly
a fiie burned. Occasionally a dead
soldier took the place of the fire.
Pchonchln Identfled different small
caves where Indiana and their fam
ilies made homes during the alee of
the soldiers. He named the Indians
and located their respective caves, He
i ild at t he most t here were not
more than 80 people In the strong
hold, Of this milliner 48 were wur
rtors of whirh. only VO were clawed
an good tighter They were entirely
dependent on bee for austlnem.
having brought rattle with them Into
the stronghold.
In a short time, a complete rystrm
of signs will be Installed on the but
tleground. enabling vuitor to gln
a complete story of tne Modtx1 war
without the services of a guide, The
battlegrounds are less than 'io miles
from Merrill. Ore., one of the ptlu-
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